This text was not translated, because it is originally in English Tom Walsh commentary on Ford's record-setting profit sharing payout and look ahead to UAW contract negotiations. On one hand, Ford's boffo profit-sharing shows the upside of a gain-sharing approach when times are good; but there's a camp that grumbles that the basic wage scale/compensation of auto workers (and U. S. manufacturing workers in general) has slipped markedly in recent years with the introduction of two-tier pay scales. What does this portend for 2015 UAW contract talks?