Ford, UAW agree to pact that averts Kansas City strike

[Omaha Steve]

Source: USA Today

Allisa Priddle

Ford and the United Auto Workers union reached a new local tentative agreement Friday night for the Kansas City truck plant that comes days before a strike deadline that could have slowed production of the F-150 pickup.

UAW Vice President Jimmy Settles announced that an agreement was reached at 11:08 p.m.and UAW Local 249 bargaining chairman Todd Hillyard also notified plant workers in a Facebook post.

"I am happy to report the Bargaining Committee and I have reached a tentative local agreement with Ford Motor Company tonight," Hillyard said. "I think we have reached an agreement that our members will be proud of."

Hillyard said the agreement "protected all of our members seniority rights, improved safety provisions along with many other things." Highlights of the agreement will be released soon, he said.

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In this March 13, 2015 photo, workers inspect new 2015 aluminum-alloy body Ford F-150 trucks at the company's Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo.
(Photo: Charlie Riedel, AP)

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/10/03/ford-kansas-city-agreement-strike/73280878/

[WestSeattle2]

1. This is great news. Huge relief for employees and their families.

[Yo_Mama]

2. Fiat-Chrysler still out

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/04/us-autos-uaw-idUSKCN0RW2IN20151004

Williams and the UAW made no public statement Friday about their next moves at Fiat Chrysler after 65 percent of UAW members rejected the proposed four-year deal. The union did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment on whether negotiators had convened or approached the company on Friday.

The failure of the Fiat Chrysler contract highlights the tightrope that Williams and the UAW are walking.