Stellantis has reached a preliminary agreement with the US auto union. The agreement follows the one already signed in recent days by Ford with the auto union, Uaw, and will now have to be ratified by the workers. Salary increases of 25% are expected, a percentage that rises to 33% including all contractual benefits overall. Now only GM remains to negotiate and the American union has decided to broaden the protest against the group, extending the strikes to the moped production plant, which could stall GM's pick-up production, increasing the financial cost for the company. agency.
Cars: Stellantis signs the agreement with the US union
After 42 days of strike Stellantis reached an agreement with the US auto union, the very strong Uaw (United auto workers). The compromise reached is now expected to end a six-week strike by more than 14.000 workers at Stellantis assembly plants in Michigan and Ohio and parts warehouses nationwide. However, the 43.000 union members will now have to express their opinion on the agreement.
US President Joe Biden commented that "the contract with Stellantis is proof of the strength of the Unions and collective bargaining to create robust jobs for the middle class".
What does Stellantis' preliminary agreement with the US union provide
The Ford pact calls for an overall wage increase of about 25% over the next 4 11/30 years for assembly plant workers, with an 40% increase once the agreement is ratified. Workers will also receive cost-of-living pay that would bring increases to more than XNUMX%, with the most relevant profiles in assembly plants earning more than $XNUMX an hour.
The Stellantis agreement also includes, on an industrial level, keeping the engine plant in Trenton, Michigan open and producing a new car at the plant in Illinois.
The 1.200 workers previously left at home after the decision to close the Belvidere factory in Illinois will be re-employed: the plant will be reopened and converted to the production of electric vehicles. Added to this will be the hiring of a further 1.000 workers for a new battery factory.
Last updated at 11pm on 07 October 29
