Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we'll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
After 44 days of the Stand Up Strike, the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) reached a tentative agreement with Stellantis. It is the second tentative agreement the union has reached in bargaining with the Big Three, after the agreement with Ford. The contract includes gains valued at more than four times the gains from the union’s 2019 contract. The agreement grants 25% in base wage increases through April 2028, and will cumulatively raise the top wage by 33% compounded with estimated COLA to over $42 an hour. The lowest-paid workers at Stellantis will see a raise of more than 165% over the life of the agreement. The agreement also reinstates major benefits lost during the Great Recession and kills divisive wage tiers, among other gains. Stellantis workers will return to work while the agreement goes through the ratification process.
The UAW also reached a historic tentative agreement with General Motors (GM) that paves the way for a just transition and wins record economic gains for autoworkers. Like the agreements with Ford and Stellantis, the GM agreement has turned record profits into a record contract. The deal includes gains valued at more than four times the gains from the union’s 2019 contract. The agreement grants 25% in base wage increases through April 2028 and will cumulatively raise the top wage by 33% compounded with estimated COLA to over $42 an hour. The GM agreement kills several wage tiers; unifies UAW membership; provides the first general wage increase for salaried workers since the 1909s; brings Ultium Cells and GM Subsystems LLC into the UAW GM Master Agreement; provides payments to retirees; reinstates major benefits lost during the Great Recession; improves retirement for current retirees, those workers with pensions, and those who have 401(k) plans; and other gains. GM workers will return to work while the agreement goes through the ratification process.