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...United Auto Workers (UAW) took a major step toward fulfilling the terms of the federal loans doled out to automakers this winter. The union said Monday that it has reached a tentative agreement with Ford to accept some equity instead of cash to finance the special trust for retiree health care, known as the Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association, or VEBA. (Read "UAW agrees to Concessions With Automakers...
...UAW's agreement with Ford does not automatically resolve the ongoing negotiations that labor is having with the managements of GM and Chrysler, but it does establish a prototype that could be used, and it signals the UAW's new willingness to compromise on this issue. "The modifications will protect jobs for UAW members by ensuring the long-term viability of the company," said UAW President Ron Gettelfinger...
...UAW plans to offer similar terms to both General Motors and Chrysler LLC, sources indicated. Officials from both companies, which together asked for more than $21.6 billion in loans last week, declined to comment on the Ford deal. Both companies are supposed to have deals with the union wrapped up by March...
...part, the UAW has obliged in an effort to blunt demands for even greater concessions from General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, which have accepted government loans. Traditionally, the UAW has had better relations with Ford than with GM or Chrysler...
...fate of Detroit will probably be determined next month. GM (GM) and Chrysler submit their restructuring plans to the Treasury and Congress. The UAW and creditors have not given enough in terms of concessions so far to make the government comfortable. If the GM plan is approved, 47,000 people lose jobs. If the plan is not, the number could be much larger. A bankruptcy of America's largest car company could not only lead to huge increases in the number of people out of work; it could leave a gaping hole in the confidence people have in the government...