Ford says it is bringing more jobs back to U.S. plants than it agreed to

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http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/08/ford_says_it_is_bringing_more.html

Published: Wednesday, August 04, 2010, 5:47 PM Updated: Wednesday, August 04, 2010, 6:08 PM

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Since 2005, union workers at Ford have given up wage increases and benefits and agreed to let the company hire new workers at half the traditional United Auto Workers wage.

On Wednesday, Ford President of the Americas Mark Fields said those concessions have allowed the automaker to bring 1,340 jobs back to the company's U.S. plants from suppliers or Ford plants in Mexico. By the end of 2012, Ford plans to bring back another 635 jobs. snip

The 2007 contract between Ford and the union called for Ford to bring back some work, but Fields said the company has exceeded its obligations by 25 percent.

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1. The medicine may work, but it sure

tastes bad. But the two tier wage system is being used at a lot of major corps. A friend of mine is working at the local newspaper as a "B" rate employee and has been for 6 years. The good news is he's only two or three people away from moving up to "A" rate and about double the pay. The "B" rates make about $12.00 starting out.

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2. K & R

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