A striking lack of similarity

10 October 2007 By Antony Currie Follow @AntonyMCurrie

The strike at Detroit s number three could just be another bit of UAW grandstanding. But the new workers contract General Motors struck might not sit so well with Chrysler. If the Cerberusowned car maker manages to negotiate better terms, that ll be good news for Ford, too.

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Chrysler's UAW workers have ended the strike they began at 11am this morning. All 45,000 members downed tools, apart from those in five plants that had already been idled for help clear three months of inventory, after the car maker and the union failed to agree terms for a new contract.

According to media reports the sticking points revolved around the size of any discount to set up a healthcare costs trust, and Chrysler's reluctance to offer workers similar job guarantees as GM agreed to.

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