DETROIT (AP) - Ford Motor Co. moved hundreds of US wage earners in a slice of a higher salary after there a limit to the number of low-wage workers who rent.
Ford said Wednesday that up to 500 workers transition from an entry level pay $ 19.28 per hour for a higher pay $ 28.50 per hour in the next two months. The first word of workers coming in this week. Most of the affected employees are factories in Chicago; Kansas City, Missouri; and Louisville, Kentucky.
Ford, General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group - the Fiat car company Chrysler - Set wages and benefits for new employees and veterans as part of its 2007 contract with the United Auto Workers. Initially, there were limits on the amount of low-wage workers in any company, but GM and Chrysler caps were exposed during the bankruptcy process of this company in 2009.
Ford still has a limit of 20 percent, and the quarter with the setting new employees in 1550, the production truck in Kansas City and Michigan exceed supported by Bill Dirksen, vice president of Ford labor matters. Ford has a total area of 50,000 wage earners.
Percentage of total workforce beginners Ford is actually closer to 28 percent because they got credit for the supply of labor used to be outsourced. Fiat Chrysler, 42 percent of the 35,700 US wage earners are entry-level, which gives a great advantage in labor costs in Ford. Less than 20 percent of Americans are 50,300 GM wage earners registration.
Salaries in two levels established as Detroit automakers were losing money, have been a sore point for some in the UAW, especially now that automakers are profitable again. UAW President Dennis Williams promised to try to bridge the gap between the income level of payment - from about $ 16 per hour - and highly paid this year in contract negotiations with the automobile.
But Dirksen that lower wages do business competitiveness and allows them to invest in equipment and products and more workers yet. Ford has more than 15,000 employees employed since 2011, surpassing the recruitment targets it with the union set.
"The initial agreement work," he told the Associated Press Dirksen. "He works for the company more competitive, and it works for employees and their career."
Dirksen said Ford will invest between 300 and 500 higher wage workers, depending on the dropout factories, market demand for new microphones, and other factors. Workers are currently around $ 40,100 per year level for entry-level workers; will make the new layer around $ 59,280.
Jimmy Settles, chief negotiator for the UAW-Ford, called the transition to higher wages "important step". He welcomed the decision by Ford to hire more workers, thus stimulating the production of new truck can accelerate.
"These new jobs will influence in the communities in our country", is located in a statement.
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