On Sept. 8, Stellantis finally came back with a counterproposal to our core economics demands. It’s a deeply unfair offer. The wage proposal doesn’t make up for inflation, let alone make up for past losses. Click here to see a side-by-side comparison of our demands and their unfair offer.
Click here for the document above comparing our economic demands with Ford’s unacceptable counterproposal. This is the full document that was shown on yesterday’s Facebook Live with UAW President Shawn Fain. In our “Facts About Ford” section, we’ve also posted slides from that Facebook Live showing Ford’s surging profit for the second quarter of 2023 and the billions of dollars in dividends the company is shoveling to shareholders instead of workers. Down below you can also take a closer look at: Ford’s proposal to have unlimited numbers of temps stuck at wages less than 60 percent of our top rate; and ...
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On Facebook Live Today, UAW President Shawn Fain called out Stellantis for breaking their promise in bargaining. Stellantis told the media they “are not seeking a concessionary agreement.” But their proposals include all sorts of concessions. They want to: Add additional tiers Threaten profit-sharing even as the CEO’s pay has jumped 72% Cuts to our existing medical coverage No new product on the table for Belvidere, holding the rest of our jobs and communities hostage to possible plant closures. AND MORE… Download the leaflet we’re passing out at plants to push back against Stellantis’ propaganda.
Your National Negotiators have moved into the Ford World Headquarters building and we began the process of bargaining on July 14th. Every one of the demands that were submitted from our UAW-Ford members were presented in writing and read to the company. The negotiators are now bargaining in our established sub-committees for each specific category of the contract. We have presented your demands in their appropriate application and proposals are now being exchanged in the sub-committees to achieve resolution in order to then bargain the language. Take comfort in knowing that this entire UAW National Negotiating Committee is honored and ...
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This week, top officers of the UAW participated in the union’s first-ever Unionwide Town Hall, themed “Back in the Fight: Our Generation’s Defining Moment at the Big Three.” The National Town Hall is a new addition to the UAW constitution, passed by delegates at the 2022 Constitutional Convention, “to ensure an open flow of information and better communication with the UAW’s active and retired membership.” President Shawn Fain laid out the union’s position towards the Detroit automakers. “These companies have been extraordinarily profitable, and our members have created incredible value for these companies during some really hard, and dangerous years,” Fain ...
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