Nov 16, 2023 - Business

UAW workers at GM ratify contract in close vote

Nathan Bomey

Workers hold picket signs supporting the UAW strike — Striking UAW workers picket outside GM's Lansing Delta Assembly plant in Michigan last month. Photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

UAW-represented workers at General Motors have approved their settlement with the automaker in a close-call vote following a six-week strike.

Why it matters: The GM ratification vote was much closer than the votes at Ford and Stellantis, where the deals are cruising toward approval.

Driving the news: About 55% of GM UAW workers who cast ballots on the voted yes, while 45% rejected it, according to results posted by the union Thursday.

A simple majority was enough to ratify the new contract, which will expire in spring 2028.
About 53% of GM's production workers voted yes, while about 64% of its skilled trades voters did the same.

Between the lines: The proposed settlement includes a 25% pay increase over the 4.5 years of the contract, wage hikes for temporary workers, the elimination of a two-tiered wage system, the right to strike over plant closures and the inclusion of joint-venture battery plants in national contracts.

Worth noting: With only a handful of plants left to be counted at Ford and Stellantis, about 67% had voted to accept the deal at each company.

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