General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra and UAW President Dennis Williams on Monday vowed to come up with a contract for 50,800 hourly workers that will help GM’s long-term success, while Williams reiterated bridging the gap between tier-one and tier-two workers.
Williams, speaking at the official kickoff of contract negotiations at the UAW-GM Center for Human Resources, said ensuring job security for membership in the future, as well as bridging the roughly $10 an hour pay gap between tier-one and second tier workers, is key.
“I’ve said that we want the ability to make sure that our members remain and begin. ... Some of them are not part of the middle class the way they should be. And some are,” Williams said. “And how do we find that path?”
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