UAW, GM Sign New 4-Year Labor Contract

DETROIT October 8, 2003; The AP reported that United Auto Workers president Ron Gettelfinger and General Motors Corp. chairman Rick Wagoner on Wednesday signed the new four-year labor contract covering GM employees.

GM is the last of the Big Three to complete the bargaining process.

The signing ceremony took place at the UAW-GM Center for Human Resources, where GM and the union negotiated. Gettelfinger and Wagoner smiled and shook hands, but neither spoke to reporters.

Ford Motor Co. and DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group already had ratified and signed new agreements reached in mid-September after months of bargaining.

The new contracts also cover UAW members at auto parts suppliers Delphi Corp. and Visteon Corp.

In total, the four-year deals cover more than 300,000 automotive workers across the country and another half-million retirees and their spouses.

General Motors Corp., http://www.gm.com

United Auto Workers, http://www.uaw.org