UAW announces deal with General Motors that tentatively ends strikes against Detroit automakers
The United Auto Workers union says it reached a tentative contract with General Motors, the last of the Detroit Three automakers to agree to a deal
DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union said Monday that it reached a tentative contract with General Motors, the last of the Detroit Three automakers to agree to a deal.
Under the agreement reached early Monday at the union’s headquarters in Detroit, workers at all three companies will return to the job pending votes on whether to ratify the contracts, which will take place over the next two weeks.
The GM deal follows tentative agreements reached with Ford on Wednesday and Jeep-maker Stellantis on Saturday. All three deals have to be voted on by the 146,000 union members who work at the Detroit companies.
The union's targeted strikes against the companies began on Sept. 15.
The main provisions of the deals are largely the same at all three automakers, but there are small differences. In each case, workers would see 25% general pay raises, including an 11% increase upon ratification. Including cost-of-living pay, the raises would total more than 30% over the life of contracts, which would run through April 2028.
The GM deal was reached after CEO Mary Barra, facing an estimated $200 million per week in losses from the strike, went to the UAW's Detroit headquarters Sunday night intent on getting a new contract.
She and others were able to close to close a deal with UAW President Shawn Fain and others that is likely to end a contentious six-week work stoppage.
The tentative deal, which came on Fain's 55th birthday, capped a furious few days of agreements that still need to be ratified by 146,000 UAW members. Ford agreed to a new contract last week and was followed by Stellantis
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