UAW President Shawn Fain addresses union members throughout a “Solidarity Sunday” rally on Aug. 20, 2023 in Warren, Mich.
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DETROIT – United Auto Employees has filed unfair labor follow prices towards automakers General Motors and Stellantis to the Nationwide Labor Relations Board for not bargaining with the union in good religion or a well timed method, UAW President Shawn Fain mentioned Thursday evening.
The Thursday filings adopted the businesses not responding to the union’s calls for in a well timed matter, Fain mentioned. The union didn’t file a grievance towards Ford Motor, as Fain mentioned the corporate responded to the UAW’s calls for with a counterproposal that he closely criticized.
“GM and Stellantis’ willful refusal to discount in good religion is just not solely insulting and counter productive, it is also unlawful,” Fain mentioned throughout a Fb Stay. “That is why right now, our union filed unfair labor follow prices, or ULPs, towards each GM and Stellantis with the Nationwide Labor Relations Board.”
GM didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. The union and NLRB additionally didn’t instantly reply for extra particulars of the filings.
Stellantis mentioned it has not but obtained the NLRB grievance, “however is shocked by Mr. Fain’s claims that we now have not bargained in good religion.”
“It is a declare with no foundation in actual fact, and we’re disenchanted to study that Mr. Fain is extra targeted on submitting frivolous authorized prices than on precise bargaining,” the corporate mentioned in an emailed assertion. “We are going to vigorously defend this cost when the time comes, however proper now we’re extra targeted on persevering with to discount in good religion for a brand new settlement. We is not going to enable Mr. Fain’s ways to distract us from that necessary work to safe the long run for our workers.”
Relating to Ford’s current proposal, Fain referred to as it “concessionary.” He mentioned it included a 9% wage enhance over the four-year time period of the deal; one-time lump-sum bonuses; and limitless use of short-term employees who’re paid much less and do not have the identical advantages. The corporate additionally rejected “all of” the union’s job safety proposals and “high quality of life proposals” similar to extra paid holidays and a shorter work week, Fain mentioned.
“Ford’s wage proposals not solely failed to fulfill our wants, it insults our very value,” Fain mentioned.
In response to the feedback, Ford launched a prolonged assertion by Ford CEO Jim Farley and extra particulars of its proposal in comparison with the prior negotiations 4 years in the past, together with 15% assured mixed wage will increase and lump sum funds.
“This might be an necessary deal for our employees, and it will enable for the continuation of Ford’s distinctive place as probably the most American automaker – and provides us the flexibleness we want inside our manufacturing footprint to reply to buyer demand because the trade transforms,” Farley mentioned within the publicly released statement. “This supply would additionally enable Ford to compete, spend money on new merchandise, develop and share that future success with our workers by way of revenue sharing.”
Ford famous that its proposal features a six-year grow-in interval to high wages in comparison with eight; $12,000 “cost-of-living” bonuses over the span of the deal; $5,500 ratification bonuses; 25% enhance in base wages for short-term employees and different enhancements during the last contract however not in-line with the union’s earlier calls for.
The union’s calls for have included a 46% wage enhance, restoration of conventional pensions, cost-of-living will increase, lowering the workweek to 32 hours from 40 and growing retiree advantages.
Here is extra particulars Ford launched concerning its current proposal:
