General Motors and the UAW Reach Agreement on Comprehensive Special Attrition Program

DETROIT - General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers union have reached an agreement on a comprehensive special attrition program that will be offered to all of GM's 74,000 UAW-represented employees.

The special attrition program offers a choice of several pension and buyout incentives. GM is offering retirement pension incentives of $45,000 for production employees or $62,500 for skilled trades. Eligible employees can select from a variety of ways to receive their incentive:

• One time, lump-sum cash payment

• Direct rollover into their GM 401(k) or into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA)

• Monthly annuity

• Combination of partial lump-sum payment and direct rollover into their GM 401(k) or an IRA

The other retirement and buyout options available are similar to those offered to employees in 2006. These options include:

Mutually Satisfactory Retirement

- (MSR) for employees who are at least 50 years old with 10 or more years of service. This option provides a pension payment with full benefits.

Pre-Retirement Program

- in which employees with 26, 27, 28 or 29 years of service can grow into a full "30 and out" retirement. Until they reach 30 years of credited service, participating employees would receive a fixed monthly payment with full benefits.

Cash Buyout

- for employees who agree to voluntarily quit and sever all ties with GM.

- $140,000 buyout incentive is offered to employees with 10 or more years of credited service or seniority - or $70,000 buyout incentive to employees with less than 10 years of credited service or seniority