UAW offers concessions, auto workers respond
The UAW says it will make concessions to adapt to tough times.
“I’m a third generation auto worker. My grandfather had his retirement watch signed by Henry Ford II.” –Ken Mefford on the changes in the auto industry.
The United Auto Workers Union says it will adapt to tough times in the auto industry by making concessions that may affect members’ wages, health care and pensions. Union members have reacted: some are angry, some are resigned. And some say they’re more concerned with whether or not they’ll have jobs in six months than with losing benefits. The Takeaway talks to Ken Mefford, a third-generation auto worker who works as a quality control officer with Chrysler.
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