What Happens During the Negotiations Process?

• Caterpillar determines changes needed to ensure competitive and efficient operations of facilities.
  
• Caterpillar anticipates issues to be put forward by UAW.
  
• Caterpillar completes our normal contingency planning including training of contingency workforce.

• Caterpillar and the UAW have not yet set dates for negotiations. In past years, initial offers were presented in December or January.
• Caterpillar and the UAW present initial contract proposals. 
  
• Both parties discuss core issues and investigate potential solutions. 
  

• Caterpillar and UAW continue to negotiate in good faith to reach tentative agreement.
  
• If tentative agreement is reached, the terms of the agreement are communicated to employees.
  

Tentative agreement is reached and employees hold ratification vote on new agreement.

• The new contract takes effect and work continues as normal.

UAW may choose to call a strike.

• Caterpillar deploys contingent workforce made up of support, management and contract employees to keep business operations running.
• The strike continues or negotiations may resume until Caterpillar and UAW reach an agreement.
• Caterpillar continues to operate facilities through contingency plans to serve our customers.
• The UAW may not choose to call for a strike. The parties could agree to work under an extension agreement or without a contract in place.