Strike Resolved At Ford Parts Plant

Fri., Feb. 21, 1997

From Staff And Wire Reports

A three-week strike at two plants that make seats for Ford Motor Co. ended Thursday with tentative labor contracts between the United Auto Workers and Johnson Controls Inc.

The UAW said the plants’ contracts provide wage increases of 22 percent to nearly 50 percent over the next two years, a fixed-benefit pension plan, and the same paid holidays that Big Three autoworkers get.

Workers at the plants - in Plymouth, Mich., and Oberlin, Ohio - currently are paid $9.50 to $10.50 an hour. Under the new contract, each worker will get at least a $1.50 wage increase upon ratification; those with at least two years’ experience will earn $14 after the second year.

The new wages and benefits are comparable to those at other unionized parts plants.

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