Other improvements

Suitable employment

Suitable employment will help our members better navigate the challenging requirements often faced when on layoff and applying for state unemployment benefits. Under the tentative agreement, job offers must meet a requirement of providing at
least 80 percent of the employee’s most recent hourly or salaried base rate of pay. If a member’s job offer is not considered suitable employment, the member will remain eligible for SUB plan benefits, subject to a reduction equal to the amount of the weekly state benefit.

Union Benefit Representative in closed labor market areas

An acceptable level of representation will be allowed in locations where plants were closed. UAW Benefit Representatives will now be assigned to assist retirees in Huntsville, Ala., Kenosha, Wis., St. Louis, Mo.,
Newark, Del., and Twinsburg, Ohio.

Engineering long-term temporary

The company has agreed to pull forward and convert 24 temporary engineering employees to permanent full-time status. The company will continue to review existing engineering workforce requirements and the company’s overall business plan for the possibility of converting additional employees.

Notice of open job opportunities within the unit

The company expressed its commitment to communicate open Salaried Bargaining Unit opportunities by providing access and instruction to the Open Position Notice system to the local president/unit chairperson in order to give constituents an opportunity to apply.

Salaried bargaining unit placement election to hourly

In the event of an indefinite layoff of UAW Salaried Employees, they will now have the option of returning to their previous hourly positions and have displacement rights based on seniority.

Seniority gains within plant locations

Under the previous agreement, employees with the same seniority date could not displace lesser seniority employees with the same hire date unless they had one day more seniority. Now employees can displace lower seniority employees without having
one day greater seniority, allowing them to utilize in- plant tie breakers to level plant seniority.

Improvements in relocation eligibility

The relocation allowance was improved by expanding eligibility for relocation allowance to all Chrysler represented workers living in the same household.
The union negotiated an enhanced relocation option for nonvoluntary transfer of workers. Workers can now receive a new relocation allowance up to a maximum of $30,000 that includes a $4,800 initial payment to cover miscellaneous, upfront cash
expenditures. If a worker continues to be employed at the new location, the following schedule of additional payments will be made at the anniversary of their start date:

• After one year: $5,200.
• After two years, $10,000.
• After three years, $10,000.

Workers may choose the modified enhanced relocation, and exercise their recall and return to former community rights after six months of employment at the new location.

Sourcing financial data communication
Our discussions focused on improving transparency in the bid process and to improve the mechanism to bring work back in-house. As a result, our negotiators were successful in improving transparency with the Make/Buy process. The Company has
committed to providing an overview of all items used in the study to source work. By improving the commitment on joint communication, the union can better understand the process and more effectively identify positive business cases for brining work in-house.

Local technical training committee

During these negotiations, a great deal of discussion focused on the current status of the Local Technical Training Committees (LTTC).
The UAW and the company agreed to modify the expanded roles and responsibilities of the LTTC as required, to meet the current and future operating conditions and facility needs such as tracking salaried and skilled trades training in the Technical Education Development System.
The union and the company will meet within 90 days after the ratification of the agreement to review current LTTC duties.

UAW negotiates gains by extending Chrysler vehicle discounts to members at supplier plants

Under the proposed agreement, UAW Chrysler workers have additional means of positive exposure for Chrysler products. An extension of the Employee New Vehicle Purchase/Lease program will now include UAW part suppliers.
The discount will include new, used and leased products.
This buying power will help support good-paying union jobs and provide job security for UAW Chrysler members.