During the last negotiations, the UAW agreed to a two-tiered structure where new workers were considered a lower-class than veterans and received much lower pay and benefits.

> But in 2007, as the Detroit automakers were starting to bleed cash, UAW leaders agreed to create two classes of workers – in effect, protecting current members at the expense of future ones. Those hired after 2007 would be paid as much as 45 percent less and have less generous benefits as well as limited transfer rights.

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