Record UAW profit-sharing payouts confront a post-peak market

DETROIT — The Detroit 3 will collectively write $1.19 billion in 2018 profit-sharing checks to nearly 150,000 hourly workers, capping the most lucrative four-year stretch of bonuses for the UAW rank and file since the automakers agreed to them in 1982. The bonuses total nearly $5 billion since 2015, or about six months' extra pay per worker.