UAW council approves tentative agreement with FCA

DETROIT – The UAW leadership council approved a tentative deal reached with Fiat Chrysler Friday.

The two sides avoided an expensive strike at its U.S. plants after reaching a tentative agreement late Wednesday night. The union announced the agreement on its Facebook page a little after midnight, which was the deadline the union had set to reach a new deal or possibly go on strike.

Details of the agreement have been released in a "highlighter" document, you can read the highlighter below.

Under the new agreement, tier-two workers will get a more generous boost in pay in an effort to close the wage gap with their senior colleagues. The deal calls for the tier-two wage to grow to $29 an hour over an 8 year span.

"We heard from our members, and went back to FCA to strengthen their contract," said UAW President Dennis Williams in a statement. "We've reached a proposed Tentative Agreement that I believe addresses our members' principal concerns about their jobs and their futures. We have made real gains and I look forward to a full discussion of the terms with our membership."

This is the second agreement FCA and the union have reached. Last week, UAW members overwhelmingly rejected a previous tentative agreement, saying it didn't go far enough in restoring benefits workers lost in previous contracts.

The UAW represents around 40,000 FCA factory workers at 23 U.S. plants.

UAW Highlighter explaining FCA contract