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A second-tier wage of $14.50 an hour, which applies only to newly hired workers, is lower than the average wage in non-union auto companies in the Deep South. [ 47 ] One of the benefits negotiated by the United Auto Workers was the former jobs bank program, under which laid-off members once received 95 percent of their take-home pay and benefits.
UAW President Shawn Fain on Saturday ordered a walkout at GM's Spring Hill, Tennessee, engine and assembly plant. ... restoring defined benefit pensions and a 40% pay rise over the life of the ...
Ford workers in Dearborn were among the final UAW members to cast votes on the historic 2023 UAW contract. Ford workers ratify historic 2023 UAW contract with 69.3% support for wage hikes ...
The UAW has since lowered its demand to a 36% wage increase but the two sides remain far apart in contract talks, triggering a strike. ... UAW President Shawn Fain has repeatedly cited the figure ...
Faria noted that UAW president Ron Gettelfinger agreed to have the UAW's "all-in" wage, benefit and pension costs drop from a high of $75.86 per hour in 2007 to an average of about $51 per hour starting in 2010. By comparison, the CAW's cost per hour was $77 in 2007 and will rise to over $80 per hour by the end of the new contract.
On October 25, a tentative agreement was reached between the UAW and Ford; it includes an 11% wage increase in the first year, and total 25% increase in wages over the 4.5 year contract, a $5,000 ratification bonus and a cost-of-living adjustment. When including cost-of-living adjustments, total pay could be raised by 30%.
The agreement includes an immediate 10% pay hike upon ratification. The benefits include another $1,000 annual payment to 401(k) plans to offset retirement health care costs for hires since 2009 ...
"The basic hourly wage received by a UAW worker in a Big Three plant is close to that received by a Toyota or Honda worker in a U.S. plant. The UAW-negotiated wage was roughly $28 an hour in 2007. For new workers, the hourly wage was lower at $14 an hour; senior workers made more money.