The United Auto Workers union has expanded its strike against General Motors after reaching a contract agreement with Jeep maker Stellantis. The strike now includes GM's largest plant in North America, Spring Hill, Tennessee.
DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union has widened its strike against General Motors , the lone holdout among the three Detroit automakers, after reaching a tentative contract agreement with Jeep maker Stellantis .
In a statement, UAW President Shawn Fain lamented what he called “GM’s unnecessary and irresponsible refusal to come to a fair agreement.” Vice President Rich Boyer, who led the Stellantis talks, said the workforce will be doubled at the Toledo, Ohio, machining plant. The union, he said, won $19 billion worth of investment across the U.S.
Under the Stellantis contract, a top-scale assembly plant worker's base wage will exceed all increases in the past 22 years. Starting wages for new hires will rise 67% including cost-of-living adjustments to over $30 per hour, it said in a statement. Temporary workers will get raises of more than 165%, while workers at parts centers will get an immediate 76% increase if the contract is ratified.
Some union members had complained that Fain promised 40% raises to match what he said was given to company CEOs, but Baumhower said that was merely an opening bid. With the Ford deal, which set a template for the other two companies, workers with pensions will see small increases when they retire, and those hired after 2007 with 401 plans will get large increases.
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