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30 January, 2001Four-year contract negotiated in 1999 provides job and income security.
USA: In a press statement regarding the extensive restructuring programme announced by DaimlerChrysler on January 29 for its Chrysler division, the president of the IMF-affiliated United Auto Workers, Stephen Yokich, says that such a plan underlines the importance of the job and income security protections negotiated with DaimlerChrysler in the 1999 four-year agreement.
"The UAW has a long history of negotiating contracts designed to protect our members, their families, and their communities from cyclical and structural changes in the market," Yokich declared. He was confident that the current contract would provide UAW members with the economic security they and their families need during this difficult time.
The UAW vice-president, Nate Gooden, who directs the union's DaimlerChrysler Department, stated that contracts with DaimlerChrysler would be fully enforced. "By working together within the framework of the national agreements," said Gooden, "we are confident that we can improve the future prospects for UAW DaimlerChrysler workers and the Chrysler Group."
Both Yokich and Gooden will travel to Germany for DaimlerChrysler meetings in February.
The UAW says that their agreements with the Big Three automakers have long included extensive job and income security provisions which protect the pay and benefits of workers who have been laid off. The contracts also provide among the best retirement benefits available to hourly workers in North America and contain provisions which have allowed for enhanced retirement benefits under similar circumstances in the past.
"The UAW has a long history of negotiating contracts designed to protect our members, their families, and their communities from cyclical and structural changes in the market," Yokich declared. He was confident that the current contract would provide UAW members with the economic security they and their families need during this difficult time.
The UAW vice-president, Nate Gooden, who directs the union's DaimlerChrysler Department, stated that contracts with DaimlerChrysler would be fully enforced. "By working together within the framework of the national agreements," said Gooden, "we are confident that we can improve the future prospects for UAW DaimlerChrysler workers and the Chrysler Group."
Both Yokich and Gooden will travel to Germany for DaimlerChrysler meetings in February.
The UAW says that their agreements with the Big Three automakers have long included extensive job and income security provisions which protect the pay and benefits of workers who have been laid off. The contracts also provide among the best retirement benefits available to hourly workers in North America and contain provisions which have allowed for enhanced retirement benefits under similar circumstances in the past.