Workers said that longtime employees at GM were unhappy that they didn’t get larger pay raises like newer workers, and they wanted a bigger pension increase.
The union hasn’t posted final vote totals yet, but workers at several large factories who finished voting in the past few days have turned down the four year and eight month deal by fairly large margins.
While the UAW represents Mobis workers and those Jeep workers who spent weeks on the picket lines, Mobis employees are under a different contract that is set to expire Tuesday at 11:59 p.m.
According to a document provided by UAW Local 14 President Tony Totty, Local 14 workers from GM Toledo Propulsion Systems rejected the tentative deal with 56% of members voting no.
Stellantis, the maker of Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles, agreed to hire back 1,200 employees to build a pickup truck and to add another 1,300 workers for a battery factory.
UAW leaders hope their recent strike against Ford, Stellantis and General Motors will lead to an even larger labor movement after their new contract expires.
Members of Local 900 at the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, west of Detroit voted 81% in favor of the four year-and-eight month deal, according to Facebook postings by local members on Thursday.
After six weeks on the picket lines, the United Auto Workers strike appears to finally be nearing an end. The UAW has come to tentative agreements with Ford, GM and Stellantis.
By The Associated Press and TOM KRISHER and FRANK BAJAK
The escalated walkout began Saturday evening at a Spring Hill, Tennessee plant, GM’s largest in North America, just hours after the Stellantic deal was reached.
On the 44th day of the strike, UAW President Shawn Fain told strikers a tentative agreement was reached with Stellantis, telling strikers they could go back to work.
Non-union employees at Mobis were told to stay home after police received multiple complaints about pedestrians not letting employees in or out of the building.
Strikes trim profit at GM in an otherwise strong quarter; more losses likely if picketing spreads
Updated: Oct. 24, 2023 at 1:39 PM EDT
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By Tom Krisher, The Associated Press
A strike by auto workers against General Motors is expected to cut pretax earnings by $800 million this year, and another $200 million per week after that, the company’s chief financial officer said.
In a prepared statement, GM said it made an offer to the union Friday with “substantial movement in all key areas in an effort to reach a final agreement with the UAW and get our people back to work.”
Shawn Fain is updating members on progress in contract talks with Detroit’s three automakers as General Motors increased its offer to the union in an effort to end a strike.
Instead of calling more workers to walk off the job and onto the picket lines on Fridays, a pattern of the UAW the strike started 29 days ago, Shawn Fain will now be announcing strikes sporadically,
"Getting warranty parts has gotten very difficult, for instance, I’ve got a truck out there right now, I need a transmission for, but can’t find one anywhere. It’s just not available."
By The Associated Press and TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer
With those workers joining picket lines, the total number of UAW members that are on strike now exceeds 30,000 across 22 states, the union said Monday.
"An additional 163 represented team members at GM’s Toledo Propulsion Systems facility, which manufactures transmissions for both Wentzville and Lansing Delta Township, will be idled due to no work available."
