Workers at the GM Flint plant in Michigan have voted against the tentative national agreement reached late last month between the United Auto Workers (UAW) labor union and General Motors. The tentative agreement was reached after a 46-day strike estimated to have cost General Motors hundreds of millions of dollars per week. Several other General Motors plants have also voted against the agreement, likely placing the overall vote in a dead heat.
In a recent post to social media, UAW Local 598, which represents workers at the GM Flint Plant in Michigan, published ratification vote results for the new national tentative agreement. According to the post, 47.1 percent of production workers voted in favor, while 52.8 percent voted against. The vote among skilled trades workers was 64.8 percent in favor and 35.1 percent against, placing the grand total at 48.2 percent in favor and 51.8 percent against.
The GM Romulus Powertrain plant, Pontiac Metal Center, and Marion Metal Center also narrowly voted against the tentative agreement.
GM and the UAW reached the tentative agreement late last month, more than six weeks after the union called its initial round of strikes against the Big Three Detroit automakers (General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis) on September 15th following the expiration of the previous national labor contracts. The UAW employed a targeted strike strategy wherein workers were called on to walk out only at certain production facilities, rather than all facilities at the same time.
The tentative agreement with General Motors followed similar contract agreements with Ford and Stellantis. The agreement was approved by the UAW GM Council earlier this month following a review, after which the agreement was sent to union membership for a ratification vote.
The agreement includes major wage increases across the board, the sum of which surpass the total wage increases made over the last 22 years. Highlights include a rate of $40 per hour by the end of the contract for temporary workers hired in 2023, as well as up to an 89-percent wage immediate increase for several workers. Production workers will earn up to $42 per hour by 2028 when factoring in cost of living adjustments (COLA), while the starting wage for UAW members will be $30 per hour by 2028. Skilled trades employees will earn up to $50 per hour.
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Wow, talk about spoiled, lazy, entitled union workers. Did they really think they were going to get 32 hour work weeks and the defined benefit pension back in addition to the huge pay increases? Delusional.
Bruce bargains alone, he’s new to the concept of starting a negotiation from a position of strength. You get to make a bunch of concessions and still walk away with something you can live with.
I think if you live in Flint, you’d have every right to be extremely cautious with any GM contract that doesn’t guarantee that they won’t pick up and leave when the contract is up.
That’s called making sure your labor is worth the price they pay, which flint and Detroit have a history of not doing. Used to be the richest area in the world. All it took was people deciding they want to turn to force to increase their lot in life instead of bettering themselves and earning it.
There’s only so much to be earned turning screws. If that’s not enough pay, maybe it’s time to look into becoming a doctor or entrepreneur. The wealth goes to those who take risks.
Just like Mary Barra risking it all to earn her 30 million dollars a year, just like her contract states she gets? For some reason, it’s okay for CEOs to have a labor contract but not regular workers?
At this point, GM is no longer a US company. Ship their jobs to Mexico (probable what GM wants, anyway). Might pass the labor cost on to the consumer (yeah, right).
There’s plenty of hard workers in Alabama Arkansas and Texas. Kia and Hindi build in the south because it’s cheaper than overseas or in Mexico. It’s amazing what honest workers can do.
Arlington, Texas has Suburban, Yukon, Escalade et al.
Some of the biggest whiners in the industry.
BUY LEXUS !!!
Thank you! GM’s largest North American plant is in Spring Hill TN and guess what? One of its most productive also but don’t get excited yet, they’ll probably vote down this contract too because it’s nothing more than moving the chess pieces around the chess board and calling it something else in an attempt to make it look like a gain. Meanwhile, BECAUSE of the UAW, workers at Toyota, Hyundai, Kia and Nissan are ALL getting pay raises.
My 2018 XT5 and 2024 XT5 were assembled in Spring Hill. The 2018 was one of the finest vehicles I’ve owned. My 2024 with 3000 miles on it makes lots of creaks and noises because of the way it was assembled. I’m sorry, but I wish the UAW assemblers had more pride in their work. It’s not a design issue, it’s the guy on the line assembling the product. They better take the contract raise and focus on assembling a better product.
Mexico
They’re nutso if the think they can get more. GM gave them too much already.
An absolute golden package, unheard of anywhere else, and they’re TURNING IT DOWN??
# it. The ones voting against deserve the fate they’re bringing on themselves.
As noted, other locals have also voted against the deal. If the settlement is isn’t approved, Fain can take the blame as a direct result of his over-the-top bluster and unrealistic promises.
The new UAW slogan should be “Together Let’s drive this company into the ground”.
Seriously, how did GM’s manufacturing get taken over by the mob? And why did GM allow it? Why do they continue to enable this insanity? Madness.
Hey all you simple minded people saying send the work to Mexico , check out the prices of GM vehicles made in Mexico , see any discount ?? And no one ever wanted a 32 hour work week , it’s called negotiations. The contract is alot more than just money .
Skilled trade workers smart enough to recognize a good deal. Production workers manipulated by union bosses mistakenly believe that they might get more. Sorry production workers, you are just inviting more robotic replacements.
Well they are called skilled for a reason while the others are your basic workers that will basically kill a wet dream when given the chance.
Shouldn’t of had vote until after deer season, why vote yes when you can have paid &500.00 a week and go hunting on someone else’s dime
“They grew too big for their britches.”
This might get interesting.