DETROIT - Union leaders from Ford’s factories voted Tuesday to recommend that members approve a deal to lower the automaker’s labor costs to match those of its Detroit rivals.
The deal, which runs until 2011, gives workers a bonus if they ratify the agreement and guarantees new vehicles for five assembly plants. But it also bans strikes over wages or benefits, freezes entry-level wages and changes work rules to require some skilled-trade employees to do more than one job.
UAW President Ron Gettelfinger told reporters Tuesday that the deal brings Ford Motor Co. on par with Chrysler Group LLC and General Motors Co., which were given concessions as they headed into bankruptcy protection earlier this year.
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