UAW and General Motors reach tentative agreement: Report
Zachary Halaschak
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The United Auto Workers union has reportedly reached a tentative agreement with General Motors, meaning a deal has been made with all “Big Three” automakers.
The deal, should the agreements be ratified, could mean the end of UAW’s historic work stoppages against Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis. An agreement was reached last week with Ford and over the weekend with Stellantis.
UAW and GM still have not confirmed the deal, although CNN reported on Monday morning that it had been reached. The details of the proposed contract are still not clear.
The UAW strike began on Sept. 15, and it involved more than 45,000 workers from the Big Three automakers at eight assembly plant locations and 38 parts distribution facilities across nearly two dozen states.
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Over the weekend UAW President Shawn Fain announced that an agreement had been reached with Stellantis — although, like the other two deals, all of the thousands of members have to ratify it before the contracts go into effect.
The deal with Stellantis includes a hefty 25% general pay increase that will see the most experienced workers earning more than $42 per hour.
Fain, who was narrowly voted into union leadership by campaigning on taking a stronger stance in negotiations, hailed as part of a broader mission to improve the lives of working-class Americans.
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“On Day 44 of our Stand Up Strike, I am honored to announce that our union is once again victorious,” he said. “Once again, we have achieved what just weeks ago we were told was impossible. At Stellantis in particular, we have not only secured a record contract. We have begun to turn the tide in the war on the American working class.”
The Washington Examiner reached out to UAW for comment on the reported GM deal but didn’t immediately receive a response.