Stakes High After UAW Workers Reject Fiat Chrysler Deal
Source: Detroit News
The rejection by United Auto Workers members of a tentative contract with Fiat Chrysler for the first time in a generation is pushing leaders of both sides down an unpredictable road that doesn’t guarantee a better deal for the union’s 40,000 members.
Although the union had not released a final tally of national voting numbers late Wednesday, an overwhelming rejection of the contract by Belvidere Assembly workers cemented its defeat, according to an analysis of results by The Detroit News.
A return to the bargaining table could mean contentious talks between the same negotiating committees that had been able to reach the initial deal. The rejection could lead to union strike actions. Fiat Chrysler could threaten to move production of future cars and trucks outside the United States if the UAW is unwilling to bend.
“They’re playing Russian roulette with the wrong guy. (Fiat Chrysler CEO) Sergio Marchionne is too much of a gunslinger,” said Art Wheaton, labor expert with the Worker Institute at Cornell University.
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