The three contracts, if approved by 146,000 union members, would dramatically raise pay for autoworkers, with increases and cost-of-living adjustments that would translate into a 33% wage gain.
Top assembly plant workers would earn roughly $42 per hour when the contracts expire in April of 2028.
Several smaller facilities were still voting, many of them parts warehouses or component factories where workers got big pay raises and were expected to approve the contract.
Full-time temporary workers liked the large raises they received and the chance to get top union pay, he said.
In the deals with all three companies, longtime workers would get 25% general raises over the life of the contracts with 11% up front.
Persons:
Keith Crowell, didn’t, ” Crowell, “, Shawn Fain, Joe Biden
Organizations:
DETROIT, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Big, GM, Ford, Dodge, Workers, Chrysler, UAW, Biden
Locations:
Stellantis, Lansing , Michigan, Arlington , Texas, Wentzville , Missouri, Lansing Delta Township , Michigan, Spring Hill , Tennessee, Arlington, Detroit