Post by TonyV on Mar 30, 2010 1:37:56 GMT -5
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UAW to press Ford grievance
Bryce G. Hoffman / The Detroit News
The United Auto Workers said Thursday it would not drop a grievance against Ford Motor Co. about restoring merit pay increases and retirement fund contributions for salaried workers, despite having profit-sharing restored for union workers.
"They're two separate issues," said UAW Vice President Bob King, head of the union's national Ford division. "We gave up a long laundry list of benefits. None of that is being restored."
Ford stood by its decision. "We agree that they're not linked," said Ford spokesman Mark Truby. "But we don't believe that we violated the contract."
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Last week, King and UAW President Ron Gettelfinger filed a formal grievance against the Dearborn automaker after it announced it was restoring merit pay increases and 401(k) contribution matching for U.S. white-collar workers. "We think they should use the money to pay down debt," King told The Detroit News Thursday after Ford said it made $2.7 billion in 2009.
Bryce G. Hoffman