Fiat Chrysler deal meets opposition in early UAW voting
Fiat Chrysler has the lowest per-hour labor costs among the Detroit Three, because it has the highest share of the lower paid, second-tier workers, 45 percent compared to about 28 percent at Ford and about 20 percent at GM.
The once-dominant Japanese carmaker is restructuring to address a slump in global sales and profitability in the face of rising competition from China’s fast-growing electric vehicle sector.