DETROIT (AP) – The United Auto Workers’ proposed contract with Ford Motor Co. – approved Monday by local union leaders – is the richest of the Detroit Three, with a promise of $10,250 in bonuses for most workers this year alone.
The union released details of the agreement Monday. Workers must now vote to ratify it. The four-year deal covers 53,000 workers at 22 U.S. plants.
The Ford deal was reached as General Motors Co. workers await word on the fate of their own contract. The UAW said Friday that 55.4 percent of GM workers overall voted in favor of the deal, including 58 percent of production workers. But almost 60 percent of skilled trades workers voted no.
The union is now meeting with those workers to find out why they rejected the deal. The discussions could lead to changes in the parts of the contract that affect those workers.
Fiat Chrysler workers approved their new contract late last month after rejecting their first offer.