Proposed Ford-UAW deal contains plant closure, $9,000 signing bonuses

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Proposed Ford-UAW deal contains plant closure, $9,000 signing bonuses

Romeo Engine Plant, which employs about 600 hourly UAW employees in Michigan, would shut below a proposed tentative labor deal reached Oct. 30, 201


Romeo Engine Plant, which employs about 600 hourly UAW employees in Michigan, would shut below a proposed tentative labor deal reached Oct. 30, 2019 between Ford and the United Auto Employees union.

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DETROIT – Ford Motor would shut a Michigan engine plant and provides full-time employees $9,000 ratification bonuses below a proposed tentative labor deal reached Wednesday night time with the United Auto Employees union, in response to folks aware of the contract.

The plant slated for closure is the Romeo Engine Plant, which employs about 600 hourly UAW employees, in response to two individuals who agreed to talk on the situation of anonymity as a result of the main points haven’t been made public. No layoffs would happen because of the closure, in response to the folks.

Staff who work on the plant could be supplied jobs at a transmission plant about 15 miles away from the present facility or  a “superb” buyout bundle equal to ones below the union’s current cope with General Motors, in response to one individual.

If the contract is permitted by union leaders and members, the plant could be the fifth facility slated to shut as a part of the UAW’s negotiations with the Huge Three Detroit automakers. GM plans to close four facilities, together with a big meeting plant in Ohio, as a part of its deal. Fiat Chrysler hasn’t reached a cope with the UAW but.

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