Fiat Chrysler will also widen a pathway for temporary workers to reach full-time status and receive top pay. AdvertisementThe UAW’s national Fiat Chrysler council voted in a daylong meeting in Detroit on Wednesday to send the new four-year contract to members for ratification. Talks heated up Nov. 15, just two weeks after Fiat Chrysler announced a plan to merge with France’s PSA Group. The UAW denied the contracts were tainted, and Fiat Chrysler called the lawsuit meritless. That may have been compounded by GM’s lawsuit, which put pressure on Fiat Chrysler to show it’s not getting special concessions from the union, analysts said.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 04, 2019 23:26 UTC