UAW auto bargaining facts

721,025: Number of workers, retirees and surviving spouses covered by negotiations at Chrysler, Ford and GM.

$27.81 per hour: Straight-time wages earned by a typical GM assembly worker in 2006.

$32.32 per hour: Straight-time wages earned by a typical GM skilled-trades worker in 2006.

$206 per hour: Value added by each auto worker for his or her employer, as measured by output of vehicles produced.

8.4%: Portion of the total price of a new vehicle that is accounted for by direct and indirect labor costs at engine, stamping and assembly plants.

Six: Number of UAW and CAW-made vehicles that ranked “best-in-class,” with fewest defects per vehicle, in 2006 J.D. Power Initial Quality Study.

11 out of 12: Number of UAW and CAW plants that were rated most productive, in terms of hours-per-vehicle, when compared to nonunion facilities making similar products.

100%, 100%, 99%: Amount of funding, respectively, in Chrysler, GM and Ford pension plans.

For more background information about 2007 negotiations, see the UAW 2007 Fact Book.

Source: Workers covered by negotiations: UAW; Typical wages: UAW; Value-added per hour: Annual Survey of Manufacturers, U.S. Bureau of the Census; Labor costs as a portion of new vehicle price: UAW Research Department and National Automobile Dealers Association; Vehicle quality: J.D. Power; Productivity: Harbour and Associates; Pension funding: UAW Social Security Department, based on company data.