Michelle Krebs 4. October 2011
Ford and the Union United Auto workers (UAW) reached a provisional national contract in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Ford said the contract, if in the coming weeks by the rank and file approved, would create or save 12,000 jobs in the United States and would include $16 billion investment in new products and more plant performance. But at the same time, it would Ford, has the highest hourly labour costs under the Detroit three are more competitive.
"We are satisfied with this new order," said John Fleming, Ford executive Vice President of global production and Labor Affairs in a press briefing Tuesday morning. "We really believe this is fair, employees and recognizes the contribution they have made to the success of the Ford Motor Company, but we are also very pleased with the fact the it to improve our competitiveness in the United States still." This agreement also allows us in work from Mexico, China, Japan and other areas of source. "This is good for jobs in the United States." Marty Mulloy, Ford Vice President of Labor Affairs, added that throughout the negotiations in recent months up to them, the primary focus of Ford and the UAW maintain and create jobs in the United States.
Fleming provided some details of the contract, saying that he would wait until it has been approved by workers. He has set short UAW officials to the media later Tuesday on details of the contract. Information that he would not respond include already in detail in the now approved General Motors-UAW agreement, including increases for entry-level level raises partnership two workers, bonuses instead of plants, and other plans for not optimally utilized equipment, in particular the flat rock, Michigan, in the Mazda no longer with Ford. Avon Lake, Ohio, plant where it mounted the full-size E-series van, also is insufficiently used Ford's and waits to create more products. Also Ford Twin Lakes plant in St. Paul, Minnesota, where it is the Ford Ranger is in question. To delete the small pickup truck from the product line and the planned closure.
The preliminary contract 12,000 jobs, Fleming said 7,000 those have been announced by Ford with an other almost 5.750 never-mentioned before by Ford. The $16 billion are invested Fleming, said $6.2 billion directly in plants would go. Typically a 16 - billion dollar investment, said he would go one third (or about $5 billion) directly on plants with the other two-thirds she distribute evenly on the engineering and supplier, the tools.
UAW Vice President Jimmy settles said, that the additional 5.750 jobs "outside of sales considerations". He said that the flat would add rock plant, to the international between Ford and Mazda, a second shift, so that it can produce the Ford Fusion volume of 175,000 to 200,000 units per year. Ford predicted that the merger is up by the year 200,000 mark in the United States punch this year for the first time and is intended for himself said that "some may be exported", from the plant flat rock. Plants, employees under which the Treaty adds conditions, he said that, without specific, Dearborn, Michigan,-truck plant and a truck plant in Louisville, Kentucky as well as Ford Chicago assembly plant and a transmission from Sharonville, PA UAW officials said, that the additional number of entry-level jobs in the Pact would not the sum of these jobs among workers at the 20-percent ceiling, which specified between the two companies.
The preliminary Ford-UAW deal must be approved by the automaker of 41,000 Union members from voting, which begins next week. Authorisation is no sure thing, as some workers, that Ford, the last significant profits for the nine quarters including nearly $5 billion in the first half of this year has made believe, should restore wage increases and other benefits that help employees abandoned, during the mid decade survive Ford. Workers bitterness only increases when gave Ford CEO Alan Mulally, Ford executives involved at least once every day was, twice or three times a day in the contract talks, a 26.5 million dollar pay of company's performance based on 2010.
Nevertheless, Bob King, President of the Union, told reporters that he didn't feel that he needs to "Sell" being a member of this agreement. "Our members have family members, friends, neighbors, members of the Church, all unemployed or underemployed in this economic climate," King said. "And people realize that things are very unstable." They and Union leadership are "known on the world in which we live and of competition, that [the big three]," he said. "We are also aware that our membership as a whole lot more money as a worker for Hyundai-Kia, VW, and a number of other transnational [with U.S. plants] makes." King added that ensures stable and additional jobs one was much higher priority for the UAW as short-term pay gains. The Pact is "the basis for members in the long term, where eventually more better wages and other things than in this agreement as a result of this basis will be." "A raise of $5 would mean not much an hour if it meant that 5,000 people had to be dismissed."
The contract with GM worker and a Ford business its workers ratified moves the UAW now his full attention to the negotiation of a contract with Chrysler.
Michelle: Is editor-in-Chief of AutoObserver.com. Follow @ auto observer on Twitter.
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