UAW Will Seek Higher Wages From U.S. Automakers in 2015
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The United Auto Workers union will seek higher wages when its representatives sit down with auto industry executives next year to negotiate a new four-year labor pact, UAW President Dennis Williams said.
Williams said he wants wage gains both for entry-level workers, who make less than veteran auto factory hands, and for older workers in the new contract. In the 2007 labor pact, the UAW agreed to lower wages for starting workers at about half of the full wage of $28 an hour. Entry level workers can now earn about $18 an hour, while pay for older workers has remained unchanged.