Nov 8 (Reuters) - Workers at Ford's Chicago
assembly plant have voted to ratify a proposed contract with the
automaker, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union's local chapter
said on Wednesday.
    Union workers are voting on contracts from each of
Chrysler-owner Stellantis, General Motors and
Ford after the first coordinated strike against Detroit's Big
Three automakers.
    The ratification comes after the automakers and the UAW
reached tentative deals over the last few weeks to end a costly
strike following marathon negotiations.
    
    Following is a roundup of tentative agreements and demands
from the UAW:

 Criteria        UAW's demands  GM             Ford        Stellantis
 Battery-produc  Contracts for  Workers        Workers     To build two
 tion workers    workers at EV  covered by     covered by  new battery
                 battery        contract       contract    plants in
                 plants                                    Kokomo, to
                                                           locate a new
                                                           battery
                                                           plant in
                                                           Belvidere
 Cost of living  Wanted COLA    Restored       Restored    Restored
 allowances      to be                                     
 (COLA)          restored                                  
 Base-wage hike  40%            25%            25%         25%
 Ratification    N/A            $5,000         $5,000      $5,000
 bonus                                                     
 Right to        Had demanded   Yes            Yes         Yes 
 strike over                                               
 plant closures                                            
 Equal wage      Tier-system    Yes            Yes         Yes
 scale (no       among                                     
 tiers)          employees                                 
                 eliminated                                
 Temp employees  Better         All new temps  All new     All new
                 benefits for   converted to   temporary   temporary
                 temp           "in-progressi  employees   employees 
                 employees      on" after 9    converted   converted to
                                months         to          "in-progress
                                               "in-progre  ion" after 
                                               ssion"      9 months
                                               after       
                                               9 months    
 Work-life       More paid      All employees  200 hours   N/A
 balance         time off for   with 20 years  vacation    
                 workers        or                         
                                more of                    
                                service are                
                                eligible for               
                                200 hours of               
                                vacation                   
 Retirement      Improved       Improves       Increased   Improves
                 benefits       retirement     contributi  retirement
                                for current    ons to      for current
                                retirees,      401(k)      retirees,
                                those workers  individual  those
                                with           retirement  workers with
                                pensions, and  plans of    pensions,
                                those who      current     and those
                                have 401(k)    workers     who have
                                plans.         and         401(k) plans
                                               increased   
                                               pension     
                                               payments    
                                               for         
                                               current     
                                               retirees    
 Reduced         Demanded a     Not covered    Not         Not covered
 working hours   32-hour work                  covered     
                 week                                      
 
    Source: UAW statements

 (Reporting by Nathan Gomes, Aishwarya Jain and Abhinav Parmar
in Bengaluru)