Jesse Jackson, bottom center, after a rally for striking workers at UAW Local 551 on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Chicago. - John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/TNS
The United Auto Workers' tentative agreement with Ford Motor Co. marks significant steps toward the Detroit-based union's stated goal of winning back concessions made during the automotive bankruptcies and Great Recession. The record deal that would last through April 2028 would secure double-digit wage increases, hike starting pay, reintroduce cost-of-living adjustments, shorten the timeline to the top wage, and boost retirement contributions. The union's Ford council is expected to vote on the agreement on Sunday to send to the roughly 56,000 members employed by the Blue Oval for ratificatio...
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