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  • Chrysler Workers Object to Imposed Contract

    The executive board of the Auto Workers imposed the contract with Chrysler on the entire membership this week, despite the fact that a majority of skilled trades workers and a substantial minority of production workers voted against the agreement.

  • Auto Workers Approve Ford Contract after Hard Sell

    Ford workers ratified a new contract by 63 percent in mid-October. Though it was rich in up-front money, UAW reformers campaigned against the deal because it provides no bridge to first-tier wages for second-tier workers. First-tier wages are frozen for four more years and the hefty-looking bonuses will not come close to recovering losses from years of concessions.

  • Ford Workers Opposing Contract in Early Votes

    Early results of voting on the new Ford-United Auto Workers contract give an edge to opponents of the agreement. Reformers in the union are organizing to get the 41,000 Ford workers to again vote “no” on their national contract, as they did in October 2009.

  • UAW-Ford Workers Organizing for 'No' Vote

    Early results of voting on the new Ford-United Auto Workers contract are nearly break-even, according to Detroit newspapers. Reformers in the union are organizing to get the 41,000 Ford workers to once again vote “no” on their national contract, as they did in October 2009.

  • UAW Contract’s Hidden Surprises for Skilled Trades

    As United Auto Workers talks with the Detroit 3 go down to the wire—contracts expire at midnight tonight—workers are wondering what hidden surprises may await them in a tentative agreement. At Chrysler, skilled trades workers are finding big problems concealed in the last concessions contract, as management thins their numbers to the bare minimum and gets barely trained production workers to take on their dangerous work.

  • UAW Dissidents Push Second-Tier Workers into Contract Talks
    Jane Slaughter
    Sep 6 2011 - 5:16pm

    Auto worker dissidents are claiming progress in their campaign against the two-tier system that pays new hires half a wage, as UAW President Bob King now says a pay boost for these workers is his top priority.

  • Next Low-Wage Haven: USA
    Jane Slaughter
    Aug 4 2011 - 10:49am

    Jokes about the U.S. becoming “Europe’s Mexico” are commonplace, but now high-priced consultants are pushing the notion in all seriousness. As Chinese wages rise and U.S. wages fall, manufacturing costs in the two countries are converging fast.

  • Will Auto’s Three-Tier Wages Be on the Table?
    Nick Waun
    Jul 13 2011 - 5:13pm

    As contract talks between the United Auto Workers and the Detroit Three get under way, activists say the solidarity-sapping multi-tier wage system should be on the table. Union leaders say the companies still need help.

  • UAW Says It Will Go ‘All In’ To Organize Foreign-Owned Auto Plants
    Jane Slaughter
    Jan 24 2011 - 9:18am

    The United Auto Workers announced a $60 million plan to organize foreign-owned auto plants. UAW President Bob King said it's an “all-in hand. If we lose, we’ll die quicker. If we win, we rebuild the UAW.”

  • Day of Action Delivers in Canadian Auto Parts Plants
    Howard Ryan
    Nov 26 2010 - 1:28am

    The Canadian Auto Workers’ Auto Parts Worker Day of Action in October promptly helped win contracts that staved off big concessions at three plants. Rather than respond plant by plant, the union wants to tackle the industry as a whole.