"This is the second tentative agreement FCA and the union have reached. Last week, UAW members overwhelmingly rejected a previous proposal, saying it didn't go far enough in restoring benefits workers lost in previous contracts. Union workers made concessions in recent years to help struggling automakers return to health. But now that the companies are making money, members want a bigger share.
The deal rejected last week included pay raises, the potential for increased profit sharing and a $3,000 signing bonus. But members are seeking an end to the current two-tier pay structure, more specific guarantees of new vehicles for U.S. factories and a return of cost-of-living pay raises."
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Eliminating "two-tier pay structure" is essential, this is the insidious ploy where the corporations intimidated older union members into selling newer workers down the drain by agreeing to allowing much much lower wages and benefits for the newer workers. It's nasty. The older workers, desperate to keep their jobs and retirement plans succumb to all too human fears and essentially break faith with the younger workers. I am so glad that the UAW is fighting hard to end "two-tier" exploration schemes.
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