As contract voting continues for 44,000 United Auto Workers members with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, some Metro Detroit workers are raising concerns that the tentative four-year deal creates what they see as a third pay tier.
Under the contract, Mopar workers and axle operators at more than a dozen parts distribution centers across the country would top out at $22 and $22.35, respectively. That’s roughly $7 less than veteran, or tier-one, workers under the proposed deal for the first year and at least $3 less than the top wage of $25.35 for entry-level, or tier-two, assembly workers at the company’s plants.
“They created a third tier,” said Lamont Carr, a Local 1248 veteran worker who works in Center Line, where workers are scheduled to start voting Wednesday.
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