People with knowledge of the talks said the union made a counteroffer to Ford that proposes a 25 percent general wage increase over the life of a new four-year contract.
The progress in the negotiations came after the union this week walked out at three factories that produce highly profitable pickup trucks and SUVs. | Bill Pugliano/Getty ImagesDETROIT — The United Auto Workers union appears to be edging closer to a tentative contract agreement with Ford that would be critical to ending the union’s six-week-old strikes against the three major Detroit automakers, two people with knowledge of the talks said Wednesday.
One of the people said there also was progress in the union’s talks with GM. But it was unclear whether any of the automakers had accepted the UAW’s counteroffer of 25 percent pay increases over four years. Todd Dunn, president of the UAW local at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant, said he was told by people within the union’s leadership that the company is nearing an agreement.
Neither the companies nor the union would comment on the talks Wednesday. The union’s counteroffer of a 25 percent wage increase over four years was reported earlier by Bloomberg News and the trade publication Automotive News. The UAW also wants traditional defined-benefit pension plans restored for workers who were hired after 2007, an end to varying tiers of wages for UAW workers, pension increases for retirees and other benefits.
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