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Strike Over After Chrysler, UAW Reach Deal

Tentative contract, said to follow model set by GM pact, brings peace

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 10, 2007 5:08 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Chrysler and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract this afternoon, the Wall Street Journal reports, just hours after UAW members walked off the job at Chrysler plants. The agreement is said to follow the pattern set by last month's General Motors pact, which the UAW announced today has been ratified by members.

Chrysler said the deal includes the establishment of a trust to take over health-care costs for union members and retirees. Further details were withheld until UAW members have ratified the pact, both sides said. Talks stalled earlier over differences on job security, outsourcing, and funding for the health-care trust. The strike was suspended immediately.

Chrysler worker Stoney Prices walks out of the gate at the Kokomo Casting Plant where UAW workers walked off the job at 11am in Kokomo, Ind., Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007. Thousands of Chrysler LLC autoworkers walked off the job Wednesday after the automaker and the United Auto Workers union failed...
Chrysler worker Stoney Prices walks out of the gate at the Kokomo Casting Plant where UAW workers walked off the job at 11am in Kokomo, Ind., Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007. Thousands of Chrysler LLC autoworkers...   (Associated Press)
Hundreds of new cars wait in a holding area for new Chrysler automobiles near a railroad yard in Auburn, Wash. on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007, in this aerial photo. As negotiations continued Monday, Oct. 8 at Chrysler LLC's Auburn Hills, Mich. headquarters, the United Auto Workers set a deadline of...
Hundreds of new cars wait in a holding area for new Chrysler automobiles near a railroad yard in Auburn, Wash. on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007, in this aerial photo. As negotiations continued Monday, Oct. 8...   (Associated Press)
United Auto Workers members carry strike signs outside the Chrysler Warren Stamping facility in Warren, Mich. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007. Thousands of Chrysler LLC autoworkers walked off the job Wednesday after the automaker and the UAW union failed to reach a tentative contract agreement before a union-imposed deadline. (AP...
United Auto Workers members carry strike signs outside the Chrysler Warren Stamping facility in Warren, Mich. on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007. Thousands of Chrysler LLC autoworkers walked off the job Wednesday...   (Associated Press)
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