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Ford Gives Raise to 8,000 UAW Workers Ahead of Strike Deadline
- UAW wants contracts with Detroit Big Three by Sept. 14
- Michigan governor appealing to both sides to avoid a walkout
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Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it raised the pay of 8,000 US hourly workers represented by the United Auto Workers union just a week before its union contract expires.
The raises, negotiated in the 2019 contract with the UAW, lift the pay of the workers by $4.33 an hour, or $9,000 a year, the automaker said in a statement. The move accelerates how quickly the workers reach the top pay rate of about $32 an hour, reducing the time from eight years to as fast as four years, Ford said.