The United Auto Workers and Ford reached a tentative national labor agreement early Saturday morning around 3:20 a.m. The two parties have not yet released details of the deal, but insider reports claim Ford has agreed to outsource fewer jobs.

“Our bargaining committee came through for our active and retired members,” said UAW President Ron Gettelfinger. “Our team is proud of each and every negotiator because they have encouraged Ford to invest in product and people while addressing the economic needs of our active and retired members.”

“We face enormous challenges – and we also have enormous potential,” said UAW Vice President Bob King, who directs the union’s National Ford Department. “Our goals for this contract were to win new product and investment, to enhance job security and protect seniority – and we made progress in all these areas.”

The UAW's recent deal with Chrysler includes a so-called two-tier system where longtime employees who leave non-production jobs will be replaced with new workers who earn $14 an hour instead of $28, according to Automotive News.

Ford group vice president of Human Resources and Labor Affairs, Joe Laymon, said agreement is subject to ratification by UAW members, and "we will not discuss the specifics of the tentative agreement until after it becomes final."

He said the agreement includes a memorandum of understanding to establish an independent retiree health care trust.

Source: Ford, UAW reach tentative labor deal

What a shame. Another supercar has crashed. This time it's a Ford GT 600RE, a normal Ford GT which has been upgraded to 600 bhp by Roush. According to the information in the auction on Ebay, this is number 3 out of 10 and it's being sold in the United Kingdom.

Could this be the same Ford GT 600RE as we saw in september in Londen? Only 10 of these cars have been made so it could be possible. The cause of the crash is unknown, hopefully the driver is doing fine. The car is up for auction on Ebay so this might be just your chance to purchase a bit of a Ford GT. The seller can't sell the chassis so anything that can be unbolted will be for sale. Its engine and gearbox are completely undestroyed, so are the carbon fibre race seats and plenty of other parts.

Personally, we would like to have one of those fine rims or seats.

Source: Ford GT 600RE crashed

We’ve seen some pretty weird accidents here at Carscoop, but this one -even though some might question its authenticity, is totally mind-blowing. Take a good look at the speeding black BMW (most probably new 7-Series) on the left as soon as it hits the corner of the white car that entered the left-lane. After the impact the white vehicle hits the protective wall and tumbles across the highway literally “chasing” the black bimmer. Miraculously, from what we see, the BMW driver managed to avoid any contact with the tumbling white car. You can follow the jump for a clearer version of the video. -Continued



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