DETROIT (AP) — United Auto Workers union members have voted to approve a new contract with General Motors, making the company the first Detroit automaker to get a ratified deal that could end a contentious and lengthy labor dispute.
Arlington GM Plant workers pushed the nationwide UAW labor contract across the finish line. The Arlington Plant as the lone plant of the four striking facilities across the nation to approve the new labor deal. UAW members at plants in Michigan, Tennessee, and Missouri voted the labor contract down.
Local UAW 276 President Keith Crowell said his 5,000 union members likely tipped the scale to approve the contract. Crowell says, “there was something in there for everybody, but everybody couldn’t get everything they wanted.” The new contract provides a 33% pay increase over the duration of the 5-year deal into 2028.
A vote-tracking spreadsheet on the union’s website shows that with all local union offices reporting, the contract passed by just over 3,400 votes, with 54.7% in favor. A union spokesman on Thursday confirmed that the spreadsheet had the official totals. On Thursday the contract had a big lead in voting at Ford and Stellantis, with 66.7% in favor at Ford and 66.5% voting for it at Stellantis.
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