DETROIT – The United Auto Employees union believes there’s “extra to be gained” in ongoing contract negotiations with the Detroit automakers following 5 weeks of labor strikes towards the businesses, UAW President Shawn Fain mentioned Friday.

His feedback come regardless of report contract presents from Normal Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis that now embody 23% hourly pay will increase and different considerably enhanced advantages through the phrases of the 4 and a half-year deal.

“There’s extra to be gained,” Fain mentioned throughout an internet broadcast. “These are already report contracts, however they arrive on the finish of a long time of report decline. So it is not sufficient to be the perfect ever, when auto employees have gone backwards over the past twenty years. That is a really low bar.”

Regardless of Fain’s feedback, the union didn’t announce further strikes Friday towards any of the businesses. He mentioned the “backside line is we have playing cards left to play, they usually’ve bought cash left to spend.”

Fain didn’t deal with a Friday report by Bloomberg that the union has requested for a 25% improve usually wages.

The union has not introduced any further strikes since initiating an sudden walkout on Oct. 11 at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant that produces extremely worthwhile pickup vehicles and SUVs. That is regardless of Ford having the perfect proposal relating to economics, as outlined Friday by Fain.

Fain spent fairly a notable period of time through the on-line broadcast discussing how the union plans to make use of these talks to help in organizing non-union plans. He additionally closely criticized the Monday feedback of Ford Chair Invoice Ford to convey an finish to the negotiations.

“Invoice Ford mentioned it should not be Ford versus the UAW. He mentioned it must be the UAW and Ford towards overseas automakers,” Fain mentioned. “I wish to be crystal clear on one factor: The times of the UAW and Ford being a staff to battle different corporations are over … Non-union autoworkers should not the enemy. These are our future union household.”

Ford mentioned it stays “desirous to conclude these negotiations with a contract” that advantages its employees, citing it is “good that Mr. Fain acknowledged Ford’s contract supply ‘already’ is a report and stays the perfect one on the desk.”

Stellantis mentioned the perimeters “proceed to be productive, constructing on the momentum from the previous a number of weeks,” however declined to debate particular particulars. GM declined to remark relating to Fain’s feedback, citing particulars it launched of its most up-to-date supply earlier Friday.

The UAW hasn’t expanded strikes at GM since Sept. 29 or at Stellantis since Sept. 22, regardless of presents made this week not assembly particulars of Ford’s proposal from final week and Fain final week saying the union was initiating a “new section” of strikes and contract negotiations.

“Proper earlier than a deal is when there’s probably the most aggressive push for that final mile. They only wish to wait us out,” Fain mentioned. “They need division. They need worry. They need uncertainty. And what we’ve is our solidarity.”

The strike at Ford’s Kentucky plant — chargeable for $25 billion in income yearly — marked a significant escalation within the UAW’s focused, or “stand-up,” strikes. It additionally represents a shift in technique, as Fain had beforehand publicly introduced the targets earlier than the work stoppages occurred.

The UAW has been progressively growing the strikes because the work stoppages started after the perimeters failed to achieve tentative agreements by Sept 14.

About 34,000 U.S. automakers with the businesses, or roughly 23% of UAW members coated by the expired contracts with the Detroit automakers, have been on strike.

Listed here are particulars of present proposals by the businesses to UAW:

• Wages: All three automakers have provided a 23% pay improve over 4 and a half years.
• Wage tiers: All three automakers have agreed to get rid of wage tiers at elements services the place employees have traditionally been paid lower than production-line employees.
• Wage development: Ford has provided a three-year development to the highest wage fee, a system that was in place from the mid-Nineteen Nineties till the aftermath of the 2008 financial disaster. GM has additionally provided a three-year development, however just for present employees. GM needs a extra gradual four-year development for future hires. Stellantis has provided solely a four-year development.
• Value of residing changes (COLA): Ford has provided to revive its COLA system to the extent final utilized in 2009, assembly the UAW’s demand. Fain mentioned that GM is “approaching restoration however not totally there,” whereas Stellantis needs to delay cost-of-living changes by a yr.
• Job safety: Ford and Stellantis have agreed to present the union the correct to strike over plant closures, a key UAW demand. GM has thus far rejected that demand.
• Non permanent employees: Ford has provided to transform present temp employees with 90 days of service to full-time staff, with a elevate to $21 per hour for remaining and future temps. Whether or not these future temps might be transformed to full-time staff robotically remains to be being negotiated, Fain mentioned. GM has proposed to transform present and future temps with one yr of service to full time staff, and has matched Ford with a $21 per hour wage for remaining and future temps. Stellantis agreed to transform “hundreds” of present temps to full-time standing, with a wage improve to $20 per hour for remaining and future temps. As with Ford, the automated conversion of future temps is “nonetheless being negotiated,” Fain mentioned.
• Retirement plans: All three automakers have provided a $3 improve to pension advantages. Ford and Stellantis have provided to extend their 401(ok) contributions to 9.5% plus $1 per hour. GM provided a rise to eight% plus $1.25 per hour.
• Funds to retired employees: Ford provided annual lump sum funds of $250 to retired employees, with surviving spouses eligible to proceed to obtain the funds. GM provided a one-time lump sump cost of $1,000, with surviving spouses not eligible. Stellantis rejected all will increase to retiree pay. Fain mentioned all three presents have been “deeply insufficient.”
• Revenue sharing: Ford provided to enhance its current profit-sharing system by together with earnings from Ford Credit score, its financing subsidiary, and to make temp employees eligible to obtain profit-sharing funds. Stellantis and GM each wish to preserve their present profit-sharing formulation, however GM has provided to make temp employees with 1,000 hours of service eligible to obtain funds. Stellantis has not provided to make its short-term employees eligible to obtain profit-sharing funds.
• Work-life steadiness: All three automakers have provided to make Juneteenth an official paid vacation and have provided two weeks of paid parental go away.