At 5 a.m. Thursday nearly 50 UAW ... trades person who signs up for the program and is eligible for the buyout, then the other slot will go to a skilled trades person at a different facility. The ...

According to figures released late Friday night, a narrow majority of GM workers backed the contract announced October 25 by the UAW, but it was rejected by skilled trades workers. The Ford ...

While sentiment against the agreement is widespread among all workers, GM’s 8,500 skilled trades workers have been voting against the deal by wide margins. At several plants where the UAW has ...

The UAW is trying to untangle a knot holding up formal ratification of a new labor contract with General Motors as skilled-trades workers vented in meetings Monday over a variety of issues they ...

The UAW said in a statement Friday that it will hold meetings with skilled trades members at each plant ... Ford has had a 20 percent cap on its number of second-tier or entry level workers ...

A new contract between General Motors Co. and 48,000 United Auto Workers members is encountering resistance from some major locals — with some rejecting the proposed four-year deal by ...

the union will hold meetings with its UAW-GM Skilled Trades membership at each worksite over the next several days to find out why they rejected the deal. The agreement wasn't ratified because ...

UAW-represented skilled trade workers make about $32 per hour, more than the $28 per hour for veteran, unskilled production line workers. The union's current contract with Detroit automakers ...

Ratification of General Motors’ new tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW) has been delayed due to rejection of the deal from skilled trades workers over two specific issues.

As previously noted, while the majority of the entire UAW-GM membership voted in favor of the tentative agreement by a 55.4 to 44.6 percent margin, the skilled trades membership voted against ...

The proposal regarding skilled trade workers at GM plants is one of the first details to emerge from the ongoing talks between the UAW and the three Detroit automakers which began in late July.