Archive for October, 2011
Tom Walsh: Vote on contract with Ford will test UAW’s new open approach
After decades of holing up in its Solidarity House bunker, stonewalling the press and slowly dribbling out limited information to its members, the UAW has suddenly become a font of openness and transparency under President Bob King. This is a refreshin…
UAW vice president starts tour to win worker support for Ford deal
UAW Vice President Jimmy Settles says that once Ford’s 41,000 hourly workers understand the details, they will ratify an agreement that provides new investments and jobs instead of larger raises. Starting today at the Dearborn Truck Plant, Settles will…
What Settles is telling UAW members
>> “We cannot put Ford in a position where they don’t have the funds to put into our plants and to develop new products. We’re bringing back 12,000 jobs.”