22 Pounds of UAW Work Rules and Regulations

LABORPAINS.ORG -- Ever wondered what a UAW contract looks like? Pictured above is all 22 pounds of Ford’s 2,215 page 2007 master contract. Those 2,215 pages probably don’t include much regarding efficiency and competitiveness. What you’ll find are hundreds of rules, regulations, and letters of understanding that have hamstrung the auto companies for years.

If you’d like to read the contracts for yourself, here they are:

Ford’s 2007 Contract (2,215 pages):

Volume 1: Agreements (377 pages)

Volume 2: Retirement Plan and Insurance Program (464 pages)

Volume 3: Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Agreement and Plan, Profit Sharing Agreement and Plan, Tax-Efficient Savings Agreement and Plan, and UAW-Ford Legal Services Plan (209 pages)

Volume 4: Letters of Understanding (934 pages)

Volume 5: Skilled Trades Book (231 pages)

GM’s 2003 and 2007 contracts:

GM’s 2003 contract (Warning: 71 MB, almost 1,000 pages)

Changes to GM’s 2007 contract (full contract not available)

Chrysler’s 2003 and 2007 contracts:
Chrysler’s 2003 contract (770 pages)
Changes to Chrysler’s 2007 contract (full contract not available)

HT: Ben Cunningham