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Three Automakers Agree With the UAW to Offer Health Care Coverage To Same-Sex Partners of U.S. Employees

8 June 2000

Three Automakers Agree With the UAW to Offer Health Care Coverage To Same-Sex Partners of U.S. Employees

    DETROIT - DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company and General Motors
Corporation will extend health care coverage to same-sex domestic partners of 
all eligible United States employees.  The coverage follows a commitment from 
all three companies to study the subject as part of the current UAW and other 
labor union contracts. Offering health care benefits to same-sex domestic 
partners is consistent with each organization's commitment to diversity in the 
workplace, and is responsive to competitive trends among the Fortune 500 
companies.

    Specifics of coverage and administration will vary by company.  Each
company will make the expanded coverage available August 1, 2000.

    Employees will be required to attest that their domestic partner
relationship meets all eligibility criteria, including being of the same sex
and having shared a committed relationship with each other for no less than 6
months.