uaw wages
This includes overtime, shift premiums and the costs of negotiated benefits such as holidays, vacations, health care, pensions and education and training. [1]
The United Auto Workers (UAW), officially the United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union, is one of the largest and most powerful labor unions in the United States. [2]
According to Kristin Dziczek of the Center for Automative Research — who was my primary source for the figures you are about to read — average wages for workers at Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors were just $28 per hour as of 2007. [3]
There are more than 302,000 UAW members at DaimlerChrysler, Delphi, Ford, General Motors and Visteon. [4]
The remaining 3,183 UAW members at Chrysler Jeep in Toledo, Ohio, negotiate a local contract distinct from the national agreement. [1]
Between 1992 and 2002, inflation-adjusted real wages for UAW-represented autoworkers increased by 13.5 percent. [4]
Average annual wages for production workers at the Big Three were $67,480 in 2007, and $81,940 for skilled workers, which are much higher than wages paid to non-union workers at rival firms in the South, such as Toyota and Honda. [...] The UAW peaked at 1.53 million members in 1969, but has been shrinking steadily as the unionized automobile industry, the “Big Three” (General Motors, Ford, Chrysler) downsizes. [2]
There are 180,681 UAW members employed at Chrysler, Ford and General Motors. [...] The CEOs of Chrysler Group, Ford and GM earned a combined total of $24.5 million in salaries, bonuses and other compensation in 2006. [1]
If you’ve been following the auto industry’s crisis, then you’ve probably read or heard a lot about overpaid American autoworkers — in particular, the fact that the average hourly employee of the Big Three makes $70 per hour. [3]
Their pension payments and retiree health care benefits are subject to the terms of the UAW national auto industry agreements. [1]
Average salary, bonus and other compensation for the top five executives at Delphi, Ford, General Motors and Visteon in 2002 was more than $1.5 million. [...] This includes the costs of negotiated benefits such as health care, pensions, education and training and prepaid legal services. [4]
The only problem is that it will be several years before these gains show up on the bottom line — years the industry probably won’t have if it doesn’t get financial assistance from the government. [3]
Sources:
[1] Wages and labor costs - UAW Bargaining 2007 (www.uaw.org/barg/07fact/fact02.php)
[2] UAW - Conservapedia (www.conservapedia.com/UAW)
[3] UAW Local 1166 (www.local1166.org)
[4] Wages and labor costs - UAW 2003 Bargaining for America (www.uaw.org/barg/03/barg02.cfm)