{"id":2083834,"date":"2023-10-30T10:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T14:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uaw-reaches-deal-with-gm-ending-coordinated-strike-against-detroit-automakers\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T10:46:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T14:46:26","slug":"uaw-reaches-deal-with-gm-ending-coordinated-strike-against-detroit-automakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uaw-reaches-deal-with-gm-ending-coordinated-strike-against-detroit-automakers\/","title":{"rendered":"UAW and GM settle, ending strike against Detroit automakers."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuaw-reaches-deal-with-gm-ending-coordinated-strike-against-detroit-automakers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2083834&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><span class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2\" data-testid=\"Text\">By <\/span>David \u200cShepardson<span class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2\" data-testid=\"Text\"> and <\/span>Joseph White<\/p>\n<p>2:13 PM UTC \u2013 October 30, 2023<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 General Motors (GM.N) and the United Auto Workers \u200c(UAW) union have reached a tentative \u200cagreement, two sources familiar with the matter \u200dtold Reuters, effectively\u2064 ending the first simultaneous strike against the Detroit Three automakers with record wage and \u200bbenefit hikes.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the agreement with \u2063GM, \u200bthe last holdout of the Detroit Three, were not immediately available.<\/p>\n<p>The accord follows agreements \u2064reached in the last few\u200b days by the\u2062 union with\u200d Ford Motor (F.N) and Chrysler owner Stellantis (STLAM.MI), in what experts say stand \u200das significant victories for auto laborers after \u200cyears of stagnant wages and painful concessions made \u200bby the union following\u200d the \u200d2008 financial crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 50,000 workers out of nearly 150,000 union members at the Detroit Three eventually joined a series of walkouts that began on Sept. \u200c15. The UAW\u2019s strategy of\u200c escalating, targeted strikes cost the Detroit \u200dThree and suppliers billions of dollars over \u200cmore than 40\u200d days.<\/p>\n<p>The GM workers will return \u200dto work after an \u200dofficial announcement \u2062of\u2062 the agreement, two sources said.\u2063 A GM \u200bspokesperson declined comment.<\/p>\n<p>Talks at GM stalled Saturday because of issues such as pension\u200b and how fast temporary workers would get permanent work, sources have said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bthree tentative deals are a win \u200bfor the precedent-breaking \u200bstrategy\u200c that \u2064Fain and top union\u200c officials orchestrated to achieve their goal of securing record-setting pay and benefit gains.<\/p>\n<p>Fain must now get the contracts ratified by rank-and-file UAW members. That process began on Sunday as Fain met with leaders of Ford-UAW local unions.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, the UAW\u2063 bargained\u2062 with all three automakers at the same time, using the threat of strikes\u2062 at\u2064 key factories to accelerate a bidding war \u200damong the companies to avoid a new walkout.<\/p>\n<p>Fain \u200bkept \u2062most UAW members working in order to hoard strike\u200c funds. \u2064He\u2062 expanded the strike slowly, when he decided that progress in talks \u2063had stalled.<\/p>\n<p>Shares of GM\u2064 were down\u2064 0.6% in Monday trading. \u2063Ford shares fell 1.9% \u200cwhile Stellantis shares were\u200c flat in Milan.<\/p>\n<p>Fain \u200crepeatedly \u2063accused the Detroit Three \u200dautomakers of\u2062 enriching executives and investors, while neglecting workers and said the UAW\u2019s\u2064 success would help blue collar workers throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>The UAW achieved\u200c substantial\u2064 gains in pay and retirement benefits, \u2062and rolled back \u2064concessions\u2063 on other issues it agreed to in contracts over \u2062the past\u2062 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday lauded the tentative agreement. \u201cI think \u200dit\u2019s \u2062great,\u201d Biden, who\u200d has touted himself as pro-union and backed the UAW,\u200d said when asked about the reported deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Detroit automakers argued that the UAW\u2019s demands would \u200bsignificantly raise costs \u2063and put\u200b them at a disadvantage compared with EV leader Tesla \u200b(TSLA.O) and foreign brands such as Toyota Motor (7203.T), which are nonunionized.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dUAW, in a series of social media posts\u2063 prior to the GM announcement, said it is committed\u2062 to expanding, saying it wants negotiations \u200bin 2028 \u2064to be between the union and \u200cthe \u201cBig Five or Big Six.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both GM and Ford recently\u200c said they would slow their EV buildouts as demand for these\u200c cars has slowed.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">THE\u2062 UAW STRATEGY<\/h4>\n<p>The strike began at relatively\u2063 unimportant plants, spreading to the biggest money-makers that produce pickup trucks and SUVs, ratcheting up the \u2063pain.<\/p>\n<p>Momentum toward deals accelerated over the\u2062 past two weeks after UAW workers\u2064 walked out at\u2063 three \u200cof \u200bthe most profitable factories in the \u200cworld: \u200cGM\u2019s Arlington, Texas, assembly plant, which \u200dmakes the Chevy \u2064Tahoe and Suburban; Ford\u2019s Kentucky Truck heavy-duty pickup\u200c factory and \u200cStellantis\u2019 Ram\u2062 pickup \u200dplant in\u200c Sterling Heights, Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>The UAW eventually struck against \u2063nine plants, most recently GM\u2019s \u200cSpring\u2064 Hill, \u200cTenn.\u2062 manufacturing complex with makes\u2064 engines\u200c for \u200ba total \u200cof\u200b nine North \u200cAmerican assembly plants,\u200d seven of \u2062which\u200c were not already\u200b on strike.<\/p>\n<p>At about 5 PM ET on Saturday, UAW workers at the Spring Hill complex\u200d began walking off the\u200b job, even as UAW President Shawn Fain and the UAW\u2019s top \u200cnegotiator at Stellantis, Rich Boyer, were \u200dpreparing to announce \u2063terms of the contract at the Chrysler parent.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting\u2064 by David\u200b Shepardson in Washington and Joseph White in DetroitEditing by \u2064David Gaffen,\u200b Peter Henderson\u200b and\u2062 Matthew Lewis<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The UN General Assembly says #CeasefireNOW but Israel and\u200b the\u200b US are too busy\u2064 hitting back.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Chapters of Black Lives Matter \u2062have unabashedly praised the terrorist \u2062attacks on Israel. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Pro-Hamas,\u2064 anti-Israel propaganda \u2062is spreading\u2062 like wildfire online, and it\u2019s\u2063 getting some\u2063 help from \u201cbig tech.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Representative Dean Phillips \u200dannounces a run for president against Joe Biden in the Democrat Primary.\u200c <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Intel \u2064rose more than 9% on Friday and \u200csparked a jump in \u2064chip stocks after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amd-sees-lower-q3-revenue-as-pc-market-slump-worse-than-expected\/\" title=\"AMD sees lower Q3 revenue as PC market slump worse than expected\">personal computer market<\/a> was \u200drebounding from its quarters-long slump.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Amazon.com rose 7% \u200con Friday \u200cas it aims for a larger share\u200b of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-war-orders-starting-to-boost-revenues-for-big-us-defense-contractors\/\" title=\"US defense contractors are seeing increased revenues due to orders related to the Ukraine war.\">booming artificial intelligence market<\/a> \u2063in a race with Microsoft.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Malaysia\u2019s communications regulator will \u2063issue a warning to social media firms TikTok and Meta\u00a0for \u2062allegedly\u200d blocking pro-Palestinian\u200d content\u2062 on their platforms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Lawyers for FTX founder Sam\u2063 Bankman-Fried \u2064kicked\u200c off \u200dtheir case\u2062 at his fraud trial on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What were some \u200dof the main\u200d issues that \u2062caused the stalled\u200d negotiations between GM\u200b and \u2064the UAW?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  General Motors (GM) \u200band the United Auto Workers (UAW) union have reached a tentative agreement, effectively ending the first simultaneous strike against the Detroit Three automakers with record \u200dwage\u200c and\u200c benefit\u200d hikes. This comes after agreements were \u200breached with Ford Motor and Chrysler \u2062owner Stellantis\u200c in\u200d recent days. These deals\u200d are seen as significant victories for auto laborers after years \u200bof stagnant \u2064wages\u200d and concessions made\u2064 by the union following the \u20642008 financial crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The strike began on September 15, with nearly 50,000 workers eventually joining the walkouts. The \u200bUAW&#8217;s strategy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uaw-reaches-deal-with-gm-ending-coordinated-strike-against-detroit-automakers\/\" title=\"UAW and GM settle, ending strike against Detroit automakers.\">targeted strikes \u200bcaused\u2064 significant financial losses<\/a> for the Detroit \u200dThree and \u200ctheir suppliers over a period of more than\u200c 40 days.<\/p>\n<p>While the details of the agreement with GM were not immediately available, it \u2064is expected that\u200b the GM workers will return \u2064to work\u200c after \u200dan official announcement \u2062of the agreement. Talks between GM\u2064 and the UAW had stalled due to\u2062 issues such as \u2062pensions and the employment status of temporary workers.<\/p>\n<p>These tentative agreements mark a win for\u200b the UAW&#8217;s \u2063strategy, which involved bargaining with \u2062all three automakers simultaneously and using the threat of strikes\u2064 to accelerate negotiations. UAW \u2062President Shawn Fain played a key role in orchestrating this strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Now, \u2064the contracts need to be ratified by rank-and-file UAW members. This process has already begun, with \u2063Fain meeting with leaders of Ford-UAW local unions to discuss the agreements. If ratified, the UAW will have \u2064achieved substantial gains in pay \u200dand retirement\u2063 benefits, as well as rolling back \u200cconcessions made in previous contracts.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Joe Biden\u200c praised\u200b the tentative agreement, stating that he thinks it&#8217;s great and expressing his support for the UAW. \u2062The Detroit \u200cautomakers had argued \u200bthat the\u200c UAW&#8217;s demands would significantly raise costs and put them at a disadvantage compared\u2062 to non-unionized companies like Tesla<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the agreement were not immediately available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1911,"featured_media":2083835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2083834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2083834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1911"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2083834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2083834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2083835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2083834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2083834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2083834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}