UAW wants to eliminate two-tier wage system: official
Source: Reuters
A top official with the United Auto Workers said the American labor union wants to eliminate the two-tier wage system that pays new automotive workers at a lower rate than veterans.
Norwood Jewell, nominated to serve as one of three vice presidents when the union meets next June to ratify its new leaders, said on Monday that the UAW wants to dump the two-tier scale that pays entry-level hires at slightly more than half the rate of veteran workers.
"The international executive board hates two-tiers," he told reporters at a General Motors Co plant in Flint, Michigan. Jewell is currently director of the region that includes the GM plant.
"We didn't do two tiers because it's a wonderful thing," he added, saying they were a "financial unfortunate" caused by the weak industry in 2007. "We hate them. We intend to eliminate them over time."
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