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to protect their income during
short work weeks.
Norman Matthews, director
OF the JAWS Chrysler de-
partment, termed the Chrysler
offer interesting" and said he
was pleased with "some i'm
provements in such things as
SUB and pensions"
He added whether they are
sufficient to satisfy our de-
mandS is something We cannot
say until we have analyzed
them fully"
Mr.. Matthews said I'VE ex-
pect it will take a day or two
and then we can come back to
discuss the thing-the COM
pany has agreed to stand by for
our call"
IUE Contract Offer
GIN made substantially the
same contract offers to the
international Union of Elec-
trical Workers at the renewal
of negotiations on a contract
to cover $4,000 IUE members
in GINS appliance plants.
"Our proposals represent a
sound, forward looking pro-
gram designed to fit realis-
tically the needs of our en-
ployes, our own business and
the Nations economy" said
GIN Vice President Louis G..
Seaton.
Identical pension improve
ment plans were handed to the
UAW by all the Big Three.
They would increase benefits
for employees retiring at age
65 or older from $3.50 to $3.50
a month for each years service
after 1861, and $2.40 to $3.50
for service prior to 1862.
Increased benefits for en-
ployes who retire early or who
retire because Of permanent
total disability also were Of
fered. Deferred pensions for
employees leaving the company
after reaching age 40 and hav-
ing at least 10 years service
also would be increased.
"The program we are offer
ing is in keeping with the
realities of our times" said
Malcolm L. Denise, Ford vice
president-labor relations.
Medical improvements
Improvements in medical
benefits offered by the COM
panies included increasing of
in-hospital benefits from the
present 100 days to a maximum
of 1865 days.
Life insurance coverage would
be increased by $500.
Proposals from all the big
three had been expected to be
substantially the same. The
companies negotiate separately
with the UAW but keep each
other informed on the progress
of bargaining and on their
thinking about a pattern settle
ment in the auto industry.
All had said any settlement
must not be inflationary.
The big three timed their
proposals for presentation on
the same day the union was to
reply to American Motors
Corps package offer, which in
cludes a profit-sharing plan
AMC made it's surprise offer
July %.
AMC Talks Resumed
The UAW also resumed nego-
tiationS with American Motors
today on AMOS July % con-
tract proposal that includes
it-sharing.
At the outset the UAW die
not reject AMOS offer as hao
been reported a possibility. The
union did not call a strike vote
at AMC, as it did at the big
three plants.
| UAW President Walter Reu-
ther said at a press conference
last Friday that the AMC offer
was unacceptable" but rep
resented "a meaningful ap-
proach" toward settlement.
Mr.. Matthews, a UAW vice
president who heads both its
Chrysler and AMC Depart
ments, told newsmen today
1--WE want to discuss it very
thoroughly. There are some
things in it with which we dis
agree. We want to explore"
In making AMOS profit.
sharing offer, Edward L. Cush-
man, AMC industrial relations
director, said the union can.
! not pick end choose" and that
the package stands on it's cwr
feet"
AMC, while offering profit
: sharing and a seven cent
hourly pay increase annually
! over the next three years, alsc
! proposed to freeze fringe bene.
fits where they are.