Chrysler Auto Workers Begin Strike
By newsdesk - Posted on October 11th, 2007
10 October 2007 -- Unionized workers have gone on strike at some Chrysler plants in the United States, after negotiators failed to agree on a new contract before a union-imposed deadline.
Some plants continued working after the deadline Wednesday, but workers set up picket lines outside several Chrysler factories in Michigan.
Last month, union employees staged a two-day strike at the largest U.S. automaker, General Motors. The contract agreement the union reached with G.M. was to be used as a template for contracts with Chrysler and Ford.
The General Motors deal included creation of a company-funded, union-run trust fund for retiree health care.
U.S. auto companies have been trying to cut costs so they can better compete with Asian automakers who have been taking a larger share of the car buying market.
Source: VOA News
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