Overall, 68.4% of Stellantis workers who cast ballots were in favor of ratification, and the contract was leading by more than 9,600 votes with only three small facilities uncounted.
At Stellantis, workers at the large Jefferson North factory that makes Jeep Grand Cherokees voted 70.7% in favor of the agreement.
Top assembly plant workers would get immediate 11% raises and earn roughly $42 per hour when the contracts expire in April of 2028.
More than half of GM's 46,000 union workers get the top assembly plant wage.
Longtime assembly plant workers also wanted to see larger pension increases as well as defined benefit pensions and health care in retirement for workers hired after 2007.
Persons:
Stellatis, ”, Shawn Fain, Joe Biden
Organizations:
DETROIT, —, United Auto Workers, Ford, Workers, General Motors, Jefferson, Cherokees, Detroit, Detroit Mack Assembly, Wayne State University, GM, UAW
Locations:
Stellantis, Detroit, Detroit Mack