The UAW-Detroit 3
2019 negotiations
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Some details in the UAW-FCA agreement
■ $9,000 ratification bonus for full-time workers, $3,500 ratification bonus for temporary workers
■ FCA will create 7,900 jobs with $9 billion in U.S. manufacturing investments through 2023.
■ FCA and the UAW agreed to dissolve their jointly run National Training Center.
■ FCA workers will get 4 percent bonuses this year and in 2021 and 3 percent wage increases in 2020 and 2022.
■ Path for temporary workers to reach full-time status
■ "In-progression" employees, who account for 64 percent of FCA's hourly work force, no longer would have different health care, dental and vision coverage from more senior colleagues. Temps would get prescription drug coverage for the first time.
■ $60,000 retirement package to eligible hourly workers at the Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois, the Marysville Axle and Mount Elliott plants in Michigan and the Milwaukee parts distribution center.
■ $9,000 ratification bonus for full-time workers, $3,500 ratification bonus for temporary workers
■ FCA will create 7,900 jobs with $9 billion in U.S. manufacturing investments through 2023.
■ FCA and the UAW agreed to dissolve their jointly run National Training Center.
■ FCA workers will get 4 percent bonuses this year and in 2021 and 3 percent wage increases in 2020 and 2022.
■ Path for temporary workers to reach full-time status
■ "In-progression" employees, who account for 64 percent of FCA's hourly work force, no longer would have different health care, dental and vision coverage from more senior colleagues. Temps would get prescription drug coverage for the first time.
■ $60,000 retirement package to eligible hourly workers at the Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois, the Marysville Axle and Mount Elliott plants in Michigan and the Milwaukee parts distribution center.
Some details in the UAW-Ford agreement
■ Caps the number of temporary workers Ford can use at 8% company-wide, and 10% at any individual facility
■ Romeo Engine would close, but the plant's roughly 600 workers would transition to Van Dyke Transmission. Aside from that facility, Ford agreed to a moratorium on plant closings through the life of the contract
■ Workers at Woodhaven Stamping/Hot Metal Forming, one of three plants on a separate pay scale that earned less than other assembly workers, would be brought up to the normal scale and become eligible for top wages. Workers at Rawsonville and Sterling Axle remain on that sub-scale.
■ 3% raises in 2020 and 2022, 4% lump-sum payments in 2019 and 2021
■ Profit-sharing formula unchanged
■ Skilled trades get $1,000 lump-sum payments in 2019 and 2021 to use toward tooling
■ Path for temporary workers to reach full-time status
■ $9,000 ratification bonus for full-time workers, $3,500 ratification bonus for temporary workers
■ $60,000 bonus to an unlimited number of production employees and up to 200 skilled trades workers who elect to retire.
■ Carryover health benefits allowing workers to continue paying 3% of costs; includes new discounts for retail clinics, and telemedicine with a $10 copay.
■ Caps the number of temporary workers Ford can use at 8% company-wide, and 10% at any individual facility
■ Romeo Engine would close, but the plant's roughly 600 workers would transition to Van Dyke Transmission. Aside from that facility, Ford agreed to a moratorium on plant closings through the life of the contract
■ Workers at Woodhaven Stamping/Hot Metal Forming, one of three plants on a separate pay scale that earned less than other assembly workers, would be brought up to the normal scale and become eligible for top wages. Workers at Rawsonville and Sterling Axle remain on that sub-scale.
■ 3% raises in 2020 and 2022, 4% lump-sum payments in 2019 and 2021
■ Profit-sharing formula unchanged
■ Skilled trades get $1,000 lump-sum payments in 2019 and 2021 to use toward tooling
■ Path for temporary workers to reach full-time status
■ $9,000 ratification bonus for full-time workers, $3,500 ratification bonus for temporary workers
■ $60,000 bonus to an unlimited number of production employees and up to 200 skilled trades workers who elect to retire.
■ Carryover health benefits allowing workers to continue paying 3% of costs; includes new discounts for retail clinics, and telemedicine with a $10 copay.
Some details in the UAW-GM agreement
■ GM commits to invest $9 billion in U.S. plants over the length of the contract.
■ Lordstown Assembly in Ohio and transmission plants in Michigan and Maryland will be closed permanently.
■ Although not in the contract, GM says it remains committed to creating jobs in Ohio, including 1,000 jobs at a new battery cell plant in northeast Ohio.
■ GM commits to build its future electric pickup at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant.
■ GM will hire temporary workers to full-time positions after they log three years with the company.
■ Entry-level full-time workers will have a 4-year grow-in to top wages. The current grow-in period is 8 years.
■ The cap on profit sharing, which now maxes out at $12,000, will be lifted. How profit sharing is calculated will not change.
■ GM commits to create or retain 9,000 UAW jobs over the length of the contract. Most of those jobs will be newly-created.
■ UAW members will receive 3 percent pay raises in the second and fourth year of the four-year pact, and 4 percent lump sum payments in the first and third year.
■ GM will disperse a $11,000 ratification bonus to every full-time worker, and a $4,500 bonus to temporary workers.
■ Health-care benefits, which include a 3 percent cost-share for UAW members, remain unchanged.
■ The jointly-run training center will be dissolved, and GM will provide a new location for training and joint activities.
■ GM will contribute $1,000 to the pensions of workers hired before 2007 who are still eligible for that benefit.
■ GM will offer $60,000 bonuses to up to 2,060 workers eligible for retirement who leave the company in January or February.
■ GM commits to invest $9 billion in U.S. plants over the length of the contract.
■ Lordstown Assembly in Ohio and transmission plants in Michigan and Maryland will be closed permanently.
■ Although not in the contract, GM says it remains committed to creating jobs in Ohio, including 1,000 jobs at a new battery cell plant in northeast Ohio.
■ GM commits to build its future electric pickup at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant.
■ GM will hire temporary workers to full-time positions after they log three years with the company.
■ Entry-level full-time workers will have a 4-year grow-in to top wages. The current grow-in period is 8 years.
■ The cap on profit sharing, which now maxes out at $12,000, will be lifted. How profit sharing is calculated will not change.
■ GM commits to create or retain 9,000 UAW jobs over the length of the contract. Most of those jobs will be newly-created.
■ UAW members will receive 3 percent pay raises in the second and fourth year of the four-year pact, and 4 percent lump sum payments in the first and third year.
■ GM will disperse a $11,000 ratification bonus to every full-time worker, and a $4,500 bonus to temporary workers.
■ Health-care benefits, which include a 3 percent cost-share for UAW members, remain unchanged.
■ The jointly-run training center will be dissolved, and GM will provide a new location for training and joint activities.
■ GM will contribute $1,000 to the pensions of workers hired before 2007 who are still eligible for that benefit.
■ GM will offer $60,000 bonuses to up to 2,060 workers eligible for retirement who leave the company in January or February.
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The Center for Automotive Research estimates Fiat Chrysler will see the sharpest rise between now and 2023, from $55 per hour to $66 per hour, while GM's hourly labor cost will rise from $63 to $71 and Ford's hourly costs will jump from $61 now to $69 in 2023.
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Temporary workers were a sticking point in labor talks between the UAW and GM last year and one of several reasons the union walked out for almost six weeks.
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Fiat Chrysler's roughly 47,000 hourly UAW workers overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year labor contract, ending the most contentious set of Detroit 3 negotiations in years. Roughly 71 percent of workers voted in favor of the deal, the union said.
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The plant's UAW-represented hourly workers will be offered transfers, likely to locations in Michigan and Ohio, at least until production resumes.
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UAW leaders on Wednesday approved sending the tentative four-year pact to the rank-and-file for ratification votes. The voting process begins on Friday.
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The union said it secured an additional $4.5 billion in investments from the company but released no other details. A council made up of officers from UAW locals representing FCA workers must approve the proposed four-year pact before it's presented to members for ratification. The council will review the agreement on Wednesday.
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The automaker and union are close to reaching a tentative agreement that includes $9,000 signing bonuses, matching what Ford agreed to pay senior workers, Bloomberg reported.
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What does UAW's success in bargaining with Ford and General Motors mean for Unifor, Canadian autoworkers and new product for Ontario plants?
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Cindy Estrada, vice president of the UAW's FCA department, said there have been "a few outside distractions" since Ford workers approved their contract on Nov. 15.
FCA local vote
Wednesday, Dec. 11: The UAW has ratified the contract with FCA. The union says roughly 71 percent of workers voted in favor of the deal.
Reporting, sorted by most recent:
Local 7 - Jefferson North Assembly -- Yes: 2,113 | No: 644
Local 723 - Dundee Engine -- Yes: 548 | No: 197
Local 12 - Toledo Assembly -- Yes: 1,647 | No: 1,582
Local 372 - Trenton Engine -- Yes: 767 | No: 198
Local 685 - Kokomo Transmission, Tipton Transmission, Indiana Transmission -- Yes: 2,957 | No: 666
Local 412 - CTC -- Yes: 63% production | 79% skilled trades
Local 140 -- Warren Truck -- Yes: 964 | No: 195
Local 1700 -- Sterling Heights Assembly -- Yes: 2,828 | No: 827
Local 1248 -- Center Line/Romulus -- Yes: 461 | No: 60
Local 1435 -- Toledo Machining -- Yes: 274 | No: 142
Local 1166 - Kokomo Casting -- Yes: 740 | No: 141
Local 7 - Jefferson North Assembly -- Yes: 2,113 | No: 644
Local 723 - Dundee Engine -- Yes: 548 | No: 197
Local 12 - Toledo Assembly -- Yes: 1,647 | No: 1,582
Local 372 - Trenton Engine -- Yes: 767 | No: 198
Local 685 - Kokomo Transmission, Tipton Transmission, Indiana Transmission -- Yes: 2,957 | No: 666
Local 412 - CTC -- Yes: 63% production | 79% skilled trades
Local 140 -- Warren Truck -- Yes: 964 | No: 195
Local 1700 -- Sterling Heights Assembly -- Yes: 2,828 | No: 827
Local 1248 -- Center Line/Romulus -- Yes: 461 | No: 60
Local 1435 -- Toledo Machining -- Yes: 274 | No: 142
Local 1166 - Kokomo Casting -- Yes: 740 | No: 141
| Displaying only hourly employees totals per local that exceed 1,000 | ||||||
| VOTING | ||||||
| Production | Skilled trades workers | |||||
| FCA PLANTS / FACILITIES | Hourly Employees | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| Local 1268 & 1761 - Belvidere Assembly & Stamping | 3,667 | |||||
| Local 723 - Dundee Engine | 427 | 162 | 121 | 35 | ||
| Local 685 & 1302 - Indiana Transmission I & II | 1,429 | |||||
| Local 7 - Jefferson North Assembly | 4,680 | 1,992 | 475 | 121 | 169 | |
| Local 1302 - Kokomo Casting | 1,171 | |||||
| Local 1166 - Kokomo Casting | 1,171 | 516 | 66 | 224 | 75 | |
| Local 685 - Kokomo Transmission, Tipton Transmission, Indiana Transmission | 3,570 | 2,424 | 432 | 533 | 234 | |
| Local 51 - Mack Avenue Engine | ||||||
| Local 212 - Mt. Elliott Tool & Die | ||||||
| Local 1700 - Sterling Heights Assembly | 7,327 | 2,828 | 491 | 98 | 336 | |
| Local 1264 - Sterling Stamping | 2,036 | |||||
| Local 12 - Toledo Assembly | 6,400 | 1,470 | 1,488 | 177 | 94 | |
| Local 1435 - Toledo Machining | 183 | 93 | 93 | 49 | ||
| Local 372 - Trenton Engine | 1,565 | 644 | 146 | 123 | 52 | |
| Local 869 - Warren Stamping | 1,785 | |||||
| Local 140 - Warren Truck | 2,306 | 865 | 132 | 99 | 63 | |
| Local 412 - CTC* | 63% | 79% | ||||
| Local 889 | ||||||
| Local 961 - Marysville Axle | ||||||
| Local 1248 - Center Line/Romulus | 407 | 57 | 54 | 3 | ||
| TOTAL | 47,000 | 11,756 | 3,542 | 1,643 | 1,110 | |
| Percentage breakdown | 76.8% | 23.2% | 59.7% | 40.3% | ||
| * Estimate ** Includes Production and Skilled Trades, but no breakdown available |
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Ford local vote
Friday, Nov. 15: The UAW says the deal passed with a 56.3 percent margin
Reporting, sorted by most recent:
Local 862 - Kentucky Truck -- Yes: 2,361 | No: 4,001
Local 862 - Louisville Assembly -- Yes: 838 | No: 1,984
Local 600 -- Dearborn Stamping -- Yes: 743 | No: 251
Local 2000 -- Ohio Assembly -- Yes: 917 | No: 410
Local 600 -- Brownstown Complex and Livonia PDC -- Yes: 375 | No: 157
Local 1250 - Cleveland Engine 1 -- Yes: 655 | No: 559
Local 600 - Rouge Maintenance & Construction -- Yes: 501 | No: 153
Local 600 - Dearborn Truck -- Yes: 1,571 | No: 776
Local 1219 - Lima Engine -- Yes: 492 | No: 534
Local 863 - Sharonville Transmission -- Yes: 708 | No: 560
Local 228 - Sterling Axle -- Yes: 871 | No: 643
Local 249 - Kansas City HVC (Total votes: 66) -- Yes: 84.9%
Local 2280 -- Van Dyke Transmission -- Yes: 563 | No: 211
Local 900 - Michigan Assembly and Body/Stamping -- Yes: 1,810 | No: 466
Local 249 - Kansas City Assembly -- Yes: 2,541 | No: 1,955
Local 182 - Livonia Transmission -- Yes: 1,274 | No: 547
Local 387 - Woodhaven Stamping -- Yes: 256 | No: 48
Local 387 - Woodhaven Forging -- Yes: 54 | No: 6
Local 588 - Chicago Stamping -- Yes: 605 | No: 218
Local 3000 - Flat Rock -- Yes: 1,088 | No: 922
Local 898 - Rawsonville -- Yes: 351 | No: 123
Local 897 - Buffalo Stamping -- Yes: 515 | No: 297
Local 551 - Chicago Assembly -- Yes: 1,030 | No: 1,599
Local 931 - Allen Park -- Yes: 177 | No: 44
Local 862 - Kentucky Truck -- Yes: 2,361 | No: 4,001
Local 862 - Louisville Assembly -- Yes: 838 | No: 1,984
Local 600 -- Dearborn Stamping -- Yes: 743 | No: 251
Local 2000 -- Ohio Assembly -- Yes: 917 | No: 410
Local 600 -- Brownstown Complex and Livonia PDC -- Yes: 375 | No: 157
Local 1250 - Cleveland Engine 1 -- Yes: 655 | No: 559
Local 600 - Rouge Maintenance & Construction -- Yes: 501 | No: 153
Local 600 - Dearborn Truck -- Yes: 1,571 | No: 776
Local 1219 - Lima Engine -- Yes: 492 | No: 534
Local 863 - Sharonville Transmission -- Yes: 708 | No: 560
Local 228 - Sterling Axle -- Yes: 871 | No: 643
Local 249 - Kansas City HVC (Total votes: 66) -- Yes: 84.9%
Local 2280 -- Van Dyke Transmission -- Yes: 563 | No: 211
Local 900 - Michigan Assembly and Body/Stamping -- Yes: 1,810 | No: 466
Local 249 - Kansas City Assembly -- Yes: 2,541 | No: 1,955
Local 182 - Livonia Transmission -- Yes: 1,274 | No: 547
Local 387 - Woodhaven Stamping -- Yes: 256 | No: 48
Local 387 - Woodhaven Forging -- Yes: 54 | No: 6
Local 588 - Chicago Stamping -- Yes: 605 | No: 218
Local 3000 - Flat Rock -- Yes: 1,088 | No: 922
Local 898 - Rawsonville -- Yes: 351 | No: 123
Local 897 - Buffalo Stamping -- Yes: 515 | No: 297
Local 551 - Chicago Assembly -- Yes: 1,030 | No: 1,599
Local 931 - Allen Park -- Yes: 177 | No: 44
| Displaying only hourly employees totals per local that exceed 1,000 | ||||||
| VOTING | ||||||
| Production | Skilled trades workers | |||||
| FORD PLANTS / FACILITIES | Hourly Employees | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| Local 551 - Chicago Assembly | 5,700 | 913 | 1,497 | 117 | 102 | |
| Local 862 - Kentucky Truck | 8,620 | 2,001 | 3,651 | 360 | 356 | |
| Local 862 - Louisville Assembly | 3,900 | 675 | 1,833 | 163 | 151 | |
| Local 600 - Dearborn Truck** | 4,200 | 1,571 | 776 | |||
| Local 3000 - Flat Rock Assembly | 2,300 | 940 | 806 | 148 | 116 | |
| Local 900 - Michigan Assembly | 2,800 | 1093 | 156 | 186 | 14 | |
| Local 900 - Michigan Body/Stamping | 359 | 208 | 172 | 88 | ||
| Local 249 - Kansas City Assembly | 6,900 | 2,254 | 1,804 | 287 | 151 | |
| Local 2000 - Ohio Assembly** | 1,600 | 917 | 410 | |||
| Local 588 - Chicago Stamping | 1,180 | 402 | 154 | 203 | 64 | |
| Local 600 - Rouge Maintenance & Construction** | 501 | 153 | ||||
| Local 600 - Dearborn Engine & Fuel Tank | ||||||
| Local 600 -Dearborn Diversified | ||||||
| Local 600 - Dearborn Stamping** | 1,690 | 743 | 251 | |||
| Local 600 - Dearborn Tool & Die | ||||||
| Local 182 - Livonia Transmission | 2,640 | 988 | 479 | 286 | 68 | |
| Local 931 - Allen Park | 129 | 37 | 48 | 7 | ||
| Local 898 - Rawsonville | 260 | 79 | 91 | 44 | ||
| Local 400 - Romeo Engine | ||||||
| Local 228 - Sterling Axle | 2,205 | 607 | 573 | 264 | 70 | |
| Local 2280 - Van Dyke Transmission | 1,030 | 363 | 157 | 200 | 54 | |
| Local 387 - Woodhaven Forging | 28 | 4 | 26 | 2 | ||
| Local 387 - Woodhaven Stamping | 162 | 48 | 94 | 36 | ||
| Local 897 - Buffalo Stamping | 1,010 | 319 | 204 | 196 | 93 | |
| Local 1250 - Cleveland Engine 1 | 1,600 | 579 | 475 | 76 | 84 | |
| Local 1219 Lima Engine | 1,380 | 380 | 477 | 112 | 57 | |
| Local 863 - Sharonville Transmission | 1,590 | 503 | 422 | 205 | 138 | |
| Local 509 - Rancho Cucamonga | ||||||
| Local 76 - Sacramento HVC/HCC | ||||||
| Local 186 - Denver HVC | ||||||
| Local 376 - Hartford HVC | ||||||
| Local 788 - Lakeland HVC | ||||||
| Local 882 - Atlanta HVC | ||||||
| Local 862 - Indianapolis HVC | ||||||
| Local 249 - Kansas City HVC | 84.9% | |||||
| Local 600 -- Brownstown Complex and Livonia PDC | 353 | 139 | 22 | 18 | ||
| Local 600 - Detroit HVC, Brownstown Township | ||||||
| Local 723 - River Rasin | ||||||
| Local 600 - Warranty PRC | ||||||
| Local 2210 - New York HVC, Cranbury | ||||||
| Local 3520 - Greensboro HVC | ||||||
| Local 492.- Portland HVC | ||||||
| Local 3036 - Memphis HVC/HCC/LVLC | ||||||
| Local 870 - Fort Worth HVC | ||||||
| Local 864 - Houston HVC | ||||||
| Local 3519 - Washington DC HVC, Winchester | ||||||
| Local 879 - Twin Cities HVC, Menomonie | ||||||
| TOTAL | 55,094 | 17,040 | 14,793 | 3,256 | 1,713 | |
| Percentage breakdown | 53.5% | 46.5% | 65.5% | 34.5% | ||
| * Estimate ** Includes Production and Skilled Trades, but no breakdown available |
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GM local vote
The UAW released the final vote on Friday evening, Oct. 24 -- Yes: 20,279 | No: 17,489
Reporting, sorted by most recent:
Local 292 -- Kokomo -- Yes: 56 | No: 171
Local 2209 -- Ft. Wayne -- Yes: 1,867 | No: 1,808
Local 276 - Arlington -- Yes: 2,596 | No: 811
Local 602 - Lansing Delta Township -- Yes: 810 | No: 1,090
Local 167 - GMCH Grand Rapids -- Yes: 269 | No: 397
Local 31 - Fairfax -- Yes: 907 | No: 873
Local 774 - Tonawanda Engine -- Yes: 579 | No: 603
Local 651 - Davison Road Processing Center -- Yes: 340 | No: 571
Local 1112 - Lordstown -- Yes: 61 | No: 412
Local 2250 - Wentzville -- Yes: 2,115 | No: 1,185
Local 440 - Bedford Casting -- Yes: 256 | No: 391
Local 163 - Romulus -- Yes: 616 | No: 448
Local 1753 - Lansing Redistribution Center -- Yes: 75 | No: 89
Local 977 - Marion Metal Center -- Yes: 453 | No: 303
Local 22 - Detroit-Hamtramck -- Yes: 494 | No: 516
Local 659 -- Flint Processing Center, Flint Metal Center, Flint Engine, Flint Tool & Die -- Yes: 1,060 | No: 516
Local 211 - Definance, Ohio -- Yes: 315 | No: 113
Local 1005 - Parma Metal Center -- Yes: 438 | No: 404
Local 362 - Bay City -- Yes: 235 | No: 129
Local 686 -- GMCH Lockport -- Yes: 234 | No: 857
Local 2164 - Bowling Green -- Yes: 393 | No: 487
Local 653 - Pontiac -- Yes: 690 | No: 288
Local 598 - Flint -- Yes: 2,460 | No: 1,577
Local 652 - Lansing Regional Stamping, GR Stamping, Assembly -- Yes: 1,069 | No: 362
Local 14 - Toledo Transmission -- Yes: 1,134 | No: 282
Local 1853 - Spring Hill -- Yes: 1,666 | No: 1,673
Local 668 - Saginaw Metal Casting (371 combined votes) -- Yes: 75% production | 73% skilled trades
Local 160 - Warren Tech Center -- Yes: 883 | No: 120
* Estimate
Reporting, sorted by most recent:
Local 292 -- Kokomo -- Yes: 56 | No: 171
Local 2209 -- Ft. Wayne -- Yes: 1,867 | No: 1,808
Local 276 - Arlington -- Yes: 2,596 | No: 811
Local 602 - Lansing Delta Township -- Yes: 810 | No: 1,090
Local 167 - GMCH Grand Rapids -- Yes: 269 | No: 397
Local 31 - Fairfax -- Yes: 907 | No: 873
Local 774 - Tonawanda Engine -- Yes: 579 | No: 603
Local 651 - Davison Road Processing Center -- Yes: 340 | No: 571
Local 1112 - Lordstown -- Yes: 61 | No: 412
Local 2250 - Wentzville -- Yes: 2,115 | No: 1,185
Local 440 - Bedford Casting -- Yes: 256 | No: 391
Local 163 - Romulus -- Yes: 616 | No: 448
Local 1753 - Lansing Redistribution Center -- Yes: 75 | No: 89
Local 977 - Marion Metal Center -- Yes: 453 | No: 303
Local 22 - Detroit-Hamtramck -- Yes: 494 | No: 516
Local 659 -- Flint Processing Center, Flint Metal Center, Flint Engine, Flint Tool & Die -- Yes: 1,060 | No: 516
Local 211 - Definance, Ohio -- Yes: 315 | No: 113
Local 1005 - Parma Metal Center -- Yes: 438 | No: 404
Local 362 - Bay City -- Yes: 235 | No: 129
Local 686 -- GMCH Lockport -- Yes: 234 | No: 857
Local 2164 - Bowling Green -- Yes: 393 | No: 487
Local 653 - Pontiac -- Yes: 690 | No: 288
Local 598 - Flint -- Yes: 2,460 | No: 1,577
Local 652 - Lansing Regional Stamping, GR Stamping, Assembly -- Yes: 1,069 | No: 362
Local 14 - Toledo Transmission -- Yes: 1,134 | No: 282
Local 1853 - Spring Hill -- Yes: 1,666 | No: 1,673
Local 668 - Saginaw Metal Casting (371 combined votes) -- Yes: 75% production | 73% skilled trades
Local 160 - Warren Tech Center -- Yes: 883 | No: 120
* Estimate
| VOTING | |||||||
| Production | Skilled trades workers | ||||||
| GM PLANTS / FACILITIES | Hourly employees | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
| Local 276- Arlington | 5,078 | 2,425 | 698 | 171 | 113 | ||
| Local 2164 - Bowling Green | 348 | 437 | 45 | 50 | |||
| Local 22- Detroit-Hamtramck | 729 | 449 | 134 | 45 | 12 | ||
| Local 31 - Fairfax | 2,198 | 777 | 798 | 130 | 75 | ||
| Local 598 - Flint | 4,800 | 2,281 | 1,496 | 179 | 81 | ||
| Local 2209 Ft. Wayne | 4,231 | 1,675 | 1,699 | 192 | 109 | ||
| Local 602 -Lansing DT Assembly | 2,350 | 717 | 1,031 | 93 | 59 | ||
| Local 652 - Lansing Regional Stamping, GR Stamping, Assembly | 900 | 308 | 169 | 54 | |||
| Local 1112 - Lordstown (unallocated) | 53 | 399 | 8 | 13 | |||
| Local 5960 - Orion | |||||||
| Local 1853 Spring Hill | 1,486 | 1,527 | 180 | 146 | |||
| Local 2250 - Wentzville | 1,913 | 1,098 | 202 | 87 | |||
| Local 163 - Romulus | 516 | 389 | 100 | 59 | |||
| Local 160 - Warren Tech Center | 144 | 33 | 739 | 128 | |||
| Local 668 - Saginaw Metal Casting* | 75% | 73% | |||||
| Local 14 - Toledo Transmission | 995 | 247 | 139 | 35 | |||
| Local 774 - Tonawanda Engine | 495 | 476 | 84 | 127 | |||
| Local 239 - Baltimore (unallocated) | |||||||
| Local 909 - Warren Transmisison (unallocated) | |||||||
| Local 977 - Marion Metal Center | 266 | 224 | 187 | 79 | |||
| Local 1005 - Parma Metal Center | 294 | 293 | 144 | 111 | |||
| Local 362 - Bay City | 153 | 91 | 82 | 38 | |||
| Local 211 - Defiance | 216 | 59 | 99 | 54 | |||
| Local 653 - Pontiac Redistribution Center | Medical Center | 396 | 219 | 294 | 69 | |||
| Local 167 GMCH Grand Rapids | 200 | 341 | 69 | 56 | |||
| Local 292 - GMCH Kokomo | 32 | 128 | 24 | 43 | |||
| Local 686 GMCH Lockport | 176 | 767 | 55 | 90 | |||
| Local 55 GMCH Lockport | |||||||
| Local 1097 GMCH Rochester | 91 | 455 | 19 | 71 | |||
| Local 174 - Brownstown | |||||||
| Local 440 - Bedford Casting | 184 | 313 | 72 | 78 | |||
| Local 651 - Davison Road Processing Center | 334 | 559 | 6 | 12 | |||
| Local 1590 Martinsburg Parts Distribution Center | |||||||
| Local 2177 Philadelphia Parts Distribution Center | |||||||
| Local 659 Flint Processing Center, Flint Metal Center, Flint Engine, Flint Tool & Die | 707 | 348 | 353 | 168 | |||
| Local 2162- Reno Parts Distribution Center | |||||||
| Local 2404-- Charlotte Parts Distribution Center | |||||||
| Local 2402-- Jackson Parts Distribution Center | |||||||
| Local 6645-- Fontana ACDelco Parts Dist. Center/West Bulk Center | |||||||
| Local 6645-- Rancho Cucamonga Parts Distribution Center | |||||||
| Local 2406-- Memphis ACDelco Parts Distribution Center / Bulk Center | |||||||
| Local 722-- Hudson Parts Distribution Center | |||||||
| Local 174-- Willow Run Redistribution Center # 58 | |||||||
| Local 1753- Lansing Redistribution Center | 68 | 84 | 7 | 5 | |||
| Local 2114 -- Chicago Parts Distribution Center | |||||||
| Local 674-- Cincinnati Parts Distribution Center | |||||||
| Local 431-- Denver Parts Distribution Center | |||||||
| Local 696-- West Chester Processing Center | |||||||
| Local 816 -- Fort Worth Parts Distribution Center | |||||||
| TOTAL | 47,422 | 19,228 | 15,386 | 4,051 | 2,103 | ||
| Percentage breakdown | 55.5% | 44.5% | 65.8% | 34.2% | |||
| * Estimate | |||||||
Key issues
Ford expects the cost of health insurance for its 55,000 hourly workers in the U.S. to top $1 billion for the first time in 2020.
The U.S. auto market, while still healthy, has been contracting. Meanwhile, electric powertrains threaten to upend the workforce landscape for all automakers and health care costs threaten the profitability of businesses across America. It is in this environment that the UAW and Detroit 3 will negotiate a new four-year deal.
Learn more about the Health Care issue »
Learn more about the Temporary Workers issue »
Data Points
Contract highlights and lowlights
Major changes in recent UAW contracts with the Detroit 3
2007
■ Retiree health care shifted to VEBA
■ 2-tier wage schedule created, eliminating pensions for new hires
■ Wage increases replaced by lump-sum bonuses
2009 (reopening of 2007 contract)
■ Jobs Bank eliminated
■ Right to strike forfeited through 2015
■ Health coverage cut back
2011
■ 2nd-tier pay increased
■ Profit-sharing formula changed
■ Job-creation investments and insourcing of work from Mexico promised
2015
■ Wages increased
■ Newly hired workers given path to full wages
■ No overtime after 8 hours a day, only after 40 hours a week.
■ No reinstatements of a cost of living allowance
Terry Dittes
UAW-GM VP
Gerald Johnson
GM VP, global manufacturing
Rory Gamble
UAW-Ford VP
Bill Dirksen
Ford VP, labor affairs
Cindy Estrada
UAW-FCA VP
Glenn Shagena
FCA VP, head of employee relations
2007
■ Retiree health care shifted to VEBA
■ 2-tier wage schedule created, eliminating pensions for new hires
■ Wage increases replaced by lump-sum bonuses
2009 (reopening of 2007 contract)
■ Jobs Bank eliminated
■ Right to strike forfeited through 2015
■ Health coverage cut back
2011
■ 2nd-tier pay increased
■ Profit-sharing formula changed
■ Job-creation investments and insourcing of work from Mexico promised
2015
■ Wages increased
■ Newly hired workers given path to full wages
■ No overtime after 8 hours a day, only after 40 hours a week.
■ No reinstatements of a cost of living allowance
Key Players
"We are preparing for a conflict, and we are choosing to rely upon ourselves rather than rely on the goodwill of others."
-- UAW President Gary Jones
"You could essentially shut down all of Ford with a couple of engine plants or a couple of transmission plants. It would really hit the volume sweet spot."
-- Jeff Schuster, president of global forecasting, LMC Automotive
Electric vehicles, which lack complex components such as multispeed transmissions or exhaust and fuel systems, require fewer labor hours. The UAW believes 35,000 or more of its members jobs are at risk because of EVs.
"There's a move toward electric and self-driving cars and a need to innovate and come up with this new technology and find the best way to do that. From the company side, this is big. From the worker side, they want some stability. They're afraid their plants are going to be shut down and they're going to lose their jobs. I think this is the biggest concern of workers in the UAW at this point, that the industry is heading toward another downturn." -- Josh Murray, an assistant professor of sociology at Vanderbilt University.
General Motors
Terry DittesUAW-GM VP
Dittes will enter negotiations after being appointed a vice president in January 2018. He was originally chosen to oversee the union's Fiat Chrysler department following the retirement of Norwood Jewell, who has since been charged and pleaded guilty in an ongoing corruption scandal. The following June, Dittes was re-elected at the union's bargaining convention and tapped to run the GM department.
Gerald JohnsonGM VP, global manufacturing
Johnson was appointed to his current title in April. He leads GM's global manufacturing operations, manufacturing engineering and labor relations organizations. He was previously vice president of North American manufacturing and labor relations.
Ford
Rory GambleUAW-Ford VP
Gamble, a UAW veteran, enters his first round of negotiations as a vice president following the retirement of longtime UAW-Ford VP Jimmy Settles. Before his current role, he served three terms as director of UAW Region 1A. He was on the UAW-Ford national negotiating team in both 1998 and 2003, according to the union.
Bill DirksenFord VP, labor affairs
Dirksen has held his current role since January 2014, leading the company's negotiations during the last round of contract talks. He's responsible for global labor policy and negotiations covering Ford's approximately 140,000 union employees. Additionally, he is responsible for hourly employee health care management and the company's collective bargaining with unions worldwide, according to Ford.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Cindy EstradaUAW-FCA VP
Estrada, the union's top-ranking female official, will oversee negotiations with Fiat Chrysler for the first time this year after previously leading the union's General Motors department. She was first elected UAW vice president in 2010 and assigned to direct the union's independents, parts and supplier/competitive shop department; public sector and health care servicing department and women's department.
Glenn ShagenaFCA VP, head of employee relations
Shagena has served in his current position since 2015. He's the lead representative for a number of functions, including labor relations; integrated health care & disability; retirement & savings; manufacturing HR/ER; occupational safety & health; FCA Mexico & FCA Canada HR/ER; labor economics & benefit finance; & the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center.
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