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In a series of special reports, The Detroit News is exploring key bargaining issues between the United Auto Workers union and Detroit automakers, as well as parts suppliers Delphi Corp. and Visteon Corp. Contracts covering wages and benefits for more than 300,000 active workers at GM, Ford and Chrysler expire Sept. 14. In coming weeks, the series will examine pensions, wages, and other topics.
Key bargaining issues
Key topics that will be discussed at the
meetings include:
Wages
Health care costs
Pension obligations
Factory productivity
Job security
Retirement incentives
Signing bonuses
Absenteeism
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Ford warns union of job cuts
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Maria Mikula checks the fit of trunk lids as Cadillacs roll off the new assembly line in Lansing. The plant has adopted flexible manufacturing, building the CTS and SRX on the same line.
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Sept. 8: Job security
UAW may sacrifice jobs for benefits
BALTIMORE -- The massive old assembly plant dominates Baltimore's hardscrabble harbor industrial district. "Quality vehicles built by quality people" is emblazoned on the big blue water tower and the tang of chemical exhaust from a factory across the street fouls the air. 09/08/03
Flexibility is key word to keeping jobs
LINDEN, N.J. -- When he met with General Motors Corp. manufacturing chief Troy Clarke a few months ago about the future of the automaker's assembly plant here, UAW Local president 595 Guy Messina made sure he dropped the word that's become magic to the automakers' ears -- flexibility. 09/08/03
Underutilized plants
Here's a look at most underutilized car and truck assembly plants in the United States in 2002: 09/08/03
Sept. 3: Recruiting
UAW recruiting at parts makers draws fire, suits
DETROIT -- The UAW's recent efforts in winning agreements with major auto parts suppliers to boost recruiting has given new life to the union's organizing department at a time when membership ranks are falling. 09/03/03
Sept. 2: Target talk
Union talks pick up pace
FLINT -- The bargaining between Detroit automakers and the United Auto Workers union shifts into high gear this week as UAW officials work to select one of the three companies with which to negotiate a pattern-setting labor pact. 09/02/03
Aug 25: Wages
UAW weighs pay against jobs
NEW CASTLE, Ind. -- At the Chrysler Group's New Castle Machining and Forge, a nearly century-old tan brick factory that stretches a city block, the deal has always been clear. 08/25/03
August 11: Pensions
Auto firms, UAW may deal on pensions
DETROIT -- It's the reward for decades of attaching doors, stamping body panels or mounting engines. After they punch out for the last time, auto workers like Russ Palmer are still expecting paychecks -- in the form of pension benefits. 08/11/03
UAW, Big 3 urge pension change
DETROIT -- The United Auto Workers and Detroit's Big Three automakers are pushing for federal legislation to change the method used to calculate the amount paid into pension funds, hoping to stem the current flow of cash into what they say are already solvent plans. 08/11/03
August 10: Auto talks focus on give-backs
Management: Firms need relief from high health, pension costs
An actuary is someone who wanted to become an accountant but didn't have enough charisma. It's an old joke, but now the actuaries are taking their revenge. 08/10/03
Labor: Workers earn solid benefits that bolster middle class
The United Auto Workers uion hasn't asked me for bargaining advice. They don't need to -- its record of bargaining success speaks for itself. 08/10/03
July 28: Soaring health costs
Soaring Big 3 health costs set up standoff
FLINT -- Commodore Coles Sr. wakes up at 6 a.m. every morning and pops nine medications for his blood pressure, asthma, arterial blockage and a handful of other ailments. His wife, Bernice, 76, takes up to a dozen prescription pills -- depending on the day -- for a host of chronic health problems. 07/28/03
July 14: Sluggish economy, corporate woes
Economy to rule auto labor talks
DETROIT -- The Big Three automakers continue to lose market share to foreign rivals. Chrysler has slipped back into the red. Profits are under pressure as rebates escalate. U.S. auto sales are down for the third year in a row. 07/14/03
Mood of talks will echo economy
DETROIT -- One of the significant wild cards that will influence how the next contract between the United Auto Workers union and Detroit automakers unfolds will be the U.S. economy in the coming months and the outlook for car sales, analysts say. 07/14/03
Key players at the bargaining table
07/14/03
May 11: What's at stake
Auto talks pit jobs against benefits
DETROIT -- Four years ago the United Auto Workers walked away from the bargaining table with one of the richest labor pacts in history. 05/11/03
Detroit automakers vie to be first at table
DETROIT --Each of Detroit's automakers is quietly plotting to be the first to negotiate with the United Auto Workers union this summer. 05/11/03
What's on the table
05/11/03
Dropping sales and the changing market
05/11/03
Employee Reactions
05/11/03
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