ABJ - September 21 - The UAW has released details of its tentative agreement with General Motors Co. in the first set of negotiations since GM's emergence from bankruptcy. A press conference followed a meeting of UAW GM local union leadership who voted to recommend the tentative agreement to local unions who will be conducting ratification votes at meetings throughout the country this week.

"In these uncertain economic times, we were able to win a tentative agreement with GM that guarantees good American jobs at a good American company. Our members made great sacrifices to save GM when the auto industry and the American economy were on the brink of collapse. As a result of this tentative agreement, UAW members will share in the company's success," said UAW President Bob King.

"Two years ago, GM and Chrysler were hanging by a thread when President [Barack] Obama stepped in and invested federal funds to help turn the companies and the U.S. auto industry around, protect the auto supplier base and keep good-paying jobs in America.

"This tentative contract provides jobs for UAW members who have been laid off over the last several years, creates thousands and thousands of new jobs for communities in desperate need of work, and brings production back to the United States that had been moved to Mexico and other parts of the world," King added. "New investment and products for our plants and communities are the most important components of a secure future for our members and for American workers.”