The new tentative agreement between the United Auto Workers (UAW) labor union and GM appears to be nearing ratification as workers at several major General Motors facilities have voted in favor of the agreement. While the final vote tally has yet to be tabulated, the latest voting results appear to tip the overall consensus towards ratification of the new agreement. If the agreement is rejected, the UAW may decide to call for workers to go back on strike.
Per a recent report from The Detroit News, the latest vote results put the overall ratification approval at 54 percent in favor. Union members at the GM Arlington plant in Texas, considered the most-profitable auto plant in the world, voted to approve the contract, with 60 percent of production workers and 65 percent of skilled trades workers voting in favor. Members of Local 1112 at the Ultium Cells LLC plant in Ohio voted overwhelmingly to approve the contract at 96 percent in favor. Workers at the GM Lake Orion plant and GM Factory Zero plant also approved the proposal, albeit by a slim margin.
However, workers at several other General Motors facilities have voted to reject the contract proposal, with more than 60 percent of workers at the automaker’s Fort Wayne plant, 53.5 percent of workers at the automaker’s Wentzville plant, and 57.7 percent of workers at the automaker’s Lansing Grand River plant voting to reject the contract proposal. Workers at the automaker’s Bowling Green plant in Kentucky, the automaker’s Spring Hill plant in Tennessee, the Toledo Propulsion Systems plant in Ohio, the Tonawanda Powertrain plant in New York, and the Lansing Delta Township plant in Michigan have also voted against the proposal.
Additional votes will be added to the total this week. The new proposal was reached after a 46-day strike that began after the initial labor contract expired in September.
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Thanksgiving and the Christmas season is approaching, so they will accept the best offer they can it. Early near year the layoffs will start.
something has to give. Labor is always 1st to go.
The ‘baby boomers’ have been retiring at the rate of something like 10,000 per day. But during their working years, many of these baby boomers lost their cheap health care coverage along with their pensions. Now from a demographic standpoint, employers today have a lot more problems getting new employees. I understand that and see that there are a lot more incentives that companies are offering to get new employees. But it just seems that this new GM offer has both wage increases and some important benefit enhancements, so I am kind of surprised that the employee acceptance level isn’t better.