As the UAW seeks to gain from the rebounding auto industry, two important local leaders at General Motors plants here prefer job security and new products to annual bonuses.
GM North America President Mark Reuss is pitching performance and quality bonuses rather than raises in the buildup to this summer’s UAW contract talks.
GM, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group want to avoid locking in new fixed costs with raises. They would prefer pay increases to be variable and tied to profits.
But bonuses are falling flat with workers, says Mike Green, president of UAW Local 652 representing 1,000 hourly workers at GM’s Lansing Grand River Cadillac plant and a stamping operation.
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