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All six
agreements
– hourly
and
salaried
units at
each of
the
three
automakers
– were
ratified
by the
membership.
The
results
and
relevant
materials
for the
Ford,
General
Motors,
and
Stellantis
contracts
can be
found at
UAW.org. |
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UAW
Members
Ratify
Historic
Contracts
at Ford,
GM and
Stellantis
DETROIT
- After
the
historic
Stand Up
Strike,
UAW
members
at Ford,
General
Motors
and
Stellantis
have
voted to
ratify
their
new
contracts,
locking
in
record
gains at
the Big
Three
automakers.
Across
the
three
companies,
64% of
voting
members
voted in
favor of
the
agreements.
“The
members
have
spoken.
After
years of
cutbacks,
months
of our
Stand Up
campaign,
and
weeks on
the
picket
line, we
have
turned
the tide
for the
American
autoworker,”
said UAW
President
Shawn
Fain.
“The
Stand Up
Strike
was just
the
beginning.
The UAW
is back
to
setting
the
standard.
Now, we
take our
strike
muscle
and our
fighting
spirit
to the
rest of
the
industries
we
represent,
and to
millions
of
non-union
workers
ready to
Stand Up
and
fight
for a
better
way of
life.”
The
150,000
UAW
autoworkers
at the
Big
Three
have won
back
major
provisions
that
were
sacrificed
during
the
Great
Recession,
from
cost-of-living
adjustments
(COLA),
to
annual
bonuses
for
retirees,
to the
elimination
of wage
tiers.
The
agreements
include
substantial
wage
increases
for all
Big
Three
members,
life-changing
raises
for tens
of
thousands
of
members,
and tens
of
billions
of
dollars
in
product
and
investment
commitments
from the
companies.
After
decades
of
deindustrialization
and
working-class
decline,
the new
contracts
pave the
way for
a future
of
reindustrialization
and
working-class
power.
Contract
provisions
include:
- Raises
from at
Least
33% to
Over
160% –
Over the
life of
the
agreement,
members
will see
raises
of at
least
33%,
after
COLA and
compounded
wage
increases,
ranging
up to
over
160% for
some of
the
lowest-paid
workers.
Tens of
thousands
of
autoworkers
will see
immediate
raises
of over
40% upon
ratification.
- Faster
Progression
to Top
Pay – At
all
three
companies,
the
union
won a
three-year
wage
progression
to the
top pay
rate,
down
from
eight
years.
This
restores
the
progression
in place
before
the 2011
contract.
-
Reopening
Belvidere,
Reinvesting
in
America
–
Stellantis
agreed
to
reopen
an
assembly
plant in
Belvidere,
Ill., it
shuttered
in
February
and
committed
to build
a $3.2
billion
battery
plant
there
employing
more
than a
thousand
union
workers.
The
company
was
slated
to shed
more
than
5,000
U.S.
hourly
jobs
when
bargaining
began.
It is
now on
track to
add more
than
5,000.
-
Blazing
the Path
to a
Just EV
Transition
– The
UAW won
commitments
at all
three
automakers
that
will
bring
thousands
of
electric
vehicle
(EV) and
battery
jobs
under
the
union’s
national
agreements.
-
Improvements
in
Retirement
Security
for All
Active
and
Retired
Members
–
Current
retirees
will
receive
annual
bonuses
for the
first
time in
15
years, a
$1.25
billion
boost in
their
benefits.
That is
a
billion
dollars
more
than the
union
won for
retirees
in the
last
four
contracts
combined.
At all
three
companies,
workers
hired
before
2007 won
an
increase
to their
pension
multiplier
for the
first
time in
over 15
years.
Though
the
union
did not
win back
defined
benefit
pensions
for
post-2007
hires,
the
employer
contribution
to their
401(k)s
is
massively
boosted
to 10%,
which
will
more
than
double
many
members’
annual
401(k)
contributions
over the
life of
the
contract.
All six
agreements
– hourly
and
salaried
units at
each of
the
three
automakers
– were
ratified
by the
membership.
The
results
and
relevant
materials
for the
Ford,
General
Motors,
and
Stellantis
contracts
can be
found at
UAW.org.
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