The United Auto Workers (UAW) ended their strike on Monday, according to several reports, by reaching an agreement with the final Big Three automakers.
According to the Associated Press, the UAW and General Motors reached a provisional agreement, putting an end to the walkout that started on September 14 when the union employees’ contracts expired.
Following worker walkouts that resulted in the closure of over 40 facilities across the Big Three automakers, Ford and Stellantis, the other two automakers targeted by the strikes, tentatively reached an agreement on Wednesday and Saturday, respectively.
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“This contract is about more than just economic gains for autoworkers,” the union said in a Twitter post on Sunday. “It’s a turning point in the class war that has been raging in this country for the past forty years. For too long it’s been one-sided and working class people have been losing. That’s why this contract is more than just a contract. It’s a call to action to workers everywhere to organize and to fight for a better life.”
According to the AP, the agreement, which will run for four years and eight months, will give employees a cost-of-living adjustment as well as a general pay raise of 25% over the term of the contract. Though there will be some small variations, the agreement is essentially the same as what was reached with Ford and Stellantis.
To increase pressure on the final automaker, General Motors, the UAW extended its strike at one of its Tennessee factories just hours after striking a deal with Stellantis on Saturday.
The tentative agreement is still up for vote among union members, who have the same power to reject it as they did with the vote that sent Mack Trucks on strike earlier in October.
After 73% of workers rejected the agreement that the union’s leadership and the company reached, about 4,000 UAW employees at the truck manufacturer went on strike.
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