UAW Ratifies Labor Deal with General Motors as 55% Vote Yes

It was looking a little dicey there for a moment, but now its official as members of the United Auto Workers have ratified the new four-year labor agreement with General Motors. The agreement was passed by a margin of 54.7% to 45.3% and won by just over 3,400 votes. There were nearly 36,000 who voted according to the GM Ratification Vote Tracker.

Workers at the Corvette Assembly Plant rejected the plan as did two other plants that also make components for the Corvette. Tonawanda (engines) voted 58% against it as did Bedford (castings) by 57%.

The measure got a boost when Arlington voted by 60% to ratify and it was further boosted by the new EV plants which agreed to become union shops. Ultium Cells had 1,185 members who voted yes (97.5%) for the new agreement.

Here’s some more from Automotive News

The GM agreement, which runs through April 2028, includes roughly $2 billion in new investment for future electric vehicle and parts production at three plants, brings employees at GM’s joint-venture battery plants under the national UAW agreement and bumps wages and retirement contributions for its U.S. hourly work force. With the restoration of a cost-of-living adjustment, top wages would rise from about $32 per hour today to more than $42 by the end of the deal, and new hires would get to that level in three years instead of eight. Temporary workers with at least 90 days on the job will see their wages rise between 51 and 115 percent at ratification as they are converted to full-time employees with seniority, the union has said. In contrast to the close voting at GM, the UAW’s deals with Ford Motor Co. and Stellantis are easily headed toward ratification. Both are passing by roughly 2-to-1 margins.

Source:
AutoNews.com

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