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FCA, UAW Reach New Tentative Contract Agreement
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and the United Auto Workers union averted a possible strike late last night by reaching agreement on a new tentative four-year labor contract.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and the United Auto Workers union averted a possible strike late last night by reaching agreement on a new tentative four-year labor contract.
The previous proposed deal was rejected 2:1 by the 40,000 hourly workers at FCA's 23 Chrysler plants in the U.S. They complained the deal failed to end the company's two-tier wage scheme and didn't clarify how FCA's product plans over the next four years would impact American jobs.
Workers also complained about the pact's failure to end Chrysler's alternating work schedules, which requires workers to periodically change to different work shifts.
The union's bargaining committee says it won "significant gains" in the new round of bargaining but provided no details. The UAW will begin meetings with the leaders of its Chrysler locals on Friday to explain the new agreement.
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