UAW and GM agree to labor agreement and raises

the Union The United Auto Workers (UAW) and General Motors have ratified the wage increase agreement Improving working conditions. Thus, this company becomes the first among the largest shipowners in the United States He managed to reach an agreement with the strikers.

The UAW is still voting on approval of the new contract, so it has not officially announced the ratification. However, Reuters explains that 55% of GM workers have already issued a nod For the agreement, compared to 45% who still refuse to adopt it. And yet it is Enough to warrant approvalindicates the means.

The results of the vote will be announced tonight The agreement can be made official.

Seven of GM’s eleven plants rejected the contract. But the votes flourished because the headquarters were there Arlington, Texas approved it It has the largest number of workers.

Next Steps for General Motors: Elected leadership on the UAW National General Motors Council will travel to Detroit on Friday, November 3, and vote on whether to send the agreement to members.

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What does the new agreement between the UAW and General Motors include?

This approved agreement is The same was provided temporarily In the last days of October. At about the same time, possible solutions were also presented stellantis and ford, But workers for the other North American giants are still there They did not reach a consensus.

the new GM’s agreement with the UAW grant a Salary increase 25% To the company’s 46,000 workers represented by the union. This will have gradual effects until April 2028 and will rise according to inflation.

Another important aspect is the contract There will be a maximum salary increase of 33%. Before that same year. But they will make the necessary inflationary adjustments that will be able to overcome the crisis $42 per hour base salary.

Ford and Stellantis continue to vote

In parallel, voting continues to determine whether UAW reaches salary agreements with Ford and Stellantis. These companies, along with General Motors, are the nation’s three largest automakers, all headquartered in Detroit.

he 67% of Ford workers They have already voted in favor of the decision taken with the automaker; And at the same time it is 66% of Stellantis’ workforce He agrees to the agreement. Ford’s process will end on Friday, while Stellantis will finish voting next Tuesday, November 21.

Mack Trucks also ratified the agreement with the UAW

This Wednesday, 3,900 workers at a Mack Trucks plant in the United States voted in favor of the resolution agreed with the UAW. For this reason, a nine-year collective contract was finally ratified, ending a 39-day strike at the tractor-trailer company.

This is new The contract is between Mack and the UAW It sets an average salary increase of 36% over the next five years, with an immediate 15% raise for all union-affiliated employees.

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With information from Reuters.