Thousands of members of the United Auto Workers went on strike against Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, the three biggest car manufacturers in the U.S. for over a month. They are fighting for increased wages, retirement and pension benefits that were eliminated after the 2008 financial crisis, and protections from job loss as a result of increased EV production. The strike made headlines in September when President Biden briefly joined the picket line.
Union members struck deals with Ford and Stellantis, but General Motors has been holding out.
CNN's Vanessa Yurkevich reported that “according to a source familiar with the negotiations,” GM and UAW have struck a “tentative deal.” The details of this, the longest auto worker strike in a quarter of a century are uncofirmed but seem to be similar to the Ford and Stellantis agreements, which included raises and cost-of-living adjustments.
CNN reported an unusual addition to the deal, not present in Ford and Stellantis negotiations: “they were going to include all electric battery plants in this new contract.” This means that American electric car production will continue to be unionized.
