United States: CEOs of auto Big 3 want to link workers’ remuneration with the company’s performances

Big bosses in the American automotive industry are dreaming of a new form of remuneration, based on performance, for their plants’ unionized workers.  Several mentioned the possibility to calculate bonuses depending on the quality of cars and the company’s financial performances at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit earlier this month.  These different stands are coming a few months before the beginning of negotiations with the UAW (United Auto Workers) on the renewal of wage work contracts for the next four years.
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ration, based on performance, for their plants’ unionized workers. Several mentioned the possibility to calculate bonuses depending on the quality of cars and the company’s financial performances at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit earlier this month. These different stands are coming a few months before the beginning of negotiations with the UAW (United Auto Workers) on the renewal of wage work contracts for the next four years.

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