The United Autoworkers reached a tentative agreement Monday with General Motors, wrapping up a six-week strike that affected the Big three U.S. automakers and sent nearly 50,000 workers to the picket lines. The deal, which has yet to be officially announced, came two days after the UAW expanded its strike against GM to its Spring Hill, Tennessee factory, surprising industry watchers. GM has yet to confirm the deal and declined to comment.
A wave of strikes that disrupted the three largest US automakers for six weeks looked to have been finally resolved Monday, as the auto workers union reached a tentative agreement with holdout General Motors.President Joe Biden saluted the "historic agreement" between US automakers and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, saying: "These record agreements reward autoworkers who gave up much to keep the industry working."
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain announced Monday a new contract between autoworkers and GM and suspended the stand-up strike in effect for the big three auto makers.