The news of a tentative deal comes less than a week after the union struck a similar deal with Ford. The proposed contracts now go to union membership for a vote. GM remains in talks with the union.
GM workers strike outside the General Motors Wentzville Assembly Plant in Wentzville, Missouri, on Sept. 15, 2023.
After it announced the tentative deal with Ford, the UAW said it was sending Ford workers back to work at struck plants — even before the contract was ratified. Ratification is not a symbolic measure, which means there's no guarantee this saga is over. Just this month, the UAW announced a tentative deal with Mack Trucks — a manufacturer in the Volvo Group, and not part of the Big 3. But 73% of the membership rejected that contract, and the UAW and Mack Trucks are now back at the negotiating table.The full details of Ford and Stellantis' tentative deals have not yet been shared. But the UAW has laid out some top-line figures.
The tentative deal with Stellantis also includes an agreement to reopen Belvidere, a shuttered vehicle assembly plant in Illinois, producing a new mid-size truck— a key union goal.The UAW has separate contracts with the three Detroit automakers, but historically the contracts tend to be very similar. In fact, the union's general practice was to negotiate with just one company, and then the other two companies would more or less match that contract.
The expansions were meant to keep UAW's strategy unpredictable, with the union announcing new strike locations based on how talks were going at the table.
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