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Chrysler Deal Completely Ratified

The United American Workers union reported
that the contract with Chrysler LLC had beenBefore it reached complete approval, the
finally  ratified  by  their  group.contract met many objections regarding its
provisions for the union. Many UAW members
"We are pleased that our UAW employeesare not satisfied with the second-tier wage
recognize that the new agreement meets thefor the new employees rating to $14 per hour
needs of the company and its employees byor half the regular employee earns. According
providing a framework to improve ourto contract dissidents, this low wage is a
long-term manufacturing competitiveness,''step towards a continuing depreciation of
Tom LaSorda, Chrysler's vice chairman andlabor  cost  in  the  United  States.
president, said in a statement released after
the union announced the contract had beenAfter rejections made by workers in two
approved.Chrysler plants in St. Louis, Mo., the UAW
chief, Ron Gettelfinger and his national
To finish the Detroit three, the union mustcouncil exerted more efforts for the contract
also negotiate with Ford Motor Co. (its Volvocampaign. The rebuffing made by the two
division makes top of the line Volvo waterassembly plants was due to limited
pump) and the union expects that theircommitments made by Chrysler to its plants as
negotiations  with  Ford  begin  this  week.a  response  to  Job  security  issues.
As recorded by the union, 56 percent of their"There's no question this was a difficult set
production workers and 51 percent of theof negotiations during difficult times for
skilled workers voted for the tentativethe U.S. auto industry," said UAW Vice
agreement's approval. Support had also beenPresident General Holifield, who heads the
given by the 94 percent of the clericalunion's Chrysler Department. "But with the
workers and 19 percent of the workers atsupport of our membership and local
Chrysler's  engineering  department.leadership, we have an agreement that secures
jobs and wages and protects healthcare and
"Our members had to face some tough choices,pension  benefits,"  Holifield  said.
and we had a solid, democratic debate about
this contract," UAW President RonThe contract was made last October 10 after a
Gettelfinger said. "Now we're going to comebrief strike launched by the union against
together as a union - and now it's on thenow Cerberus owned Chrysler LLC. It was the
company to move ahead, increase their marketsame day the UAW completely ratified their
share and continue to build great cars anddeal with the biggest target, General Motors.
trucks  here  in  the  U.S."



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