New UAW-FCA deal gives Tier 2 workers path to top pay (IN 8 YEARS!)

New UAW-FCA deal gives Tier 2 workers path to top pay (IN 8 YEARS!)

By Alisa Priddle and Greg Gardner, Detroit Free Press
October 9, 2015

Fiat Chrysler entry-level workers could reach a new wage of $29 an hour over eight years, putting them at par with senior colleagues and effectively eliminating the much-hated two-tier pay scale under a new proposed deal between the UAW and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

The proposal was reached just prior to the Wednesday night deadline of 11:59 p.m., averting a potential midnight strike by 40,000 unionized workers. Details of the new deal were confirmed by knowledgeable sources not authorized to speak about the details.

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Workers leave the afternoon shift at the Warren Truck Assembly Plant in Warren, Michigan on Tuesday with potential strike instruction papers from their union, the United Auto Workers . The UAW and Fiat Chrysler Automotive have reached a new proposed tentative agreement.(Photo: Eric Seals)