The Conversation asked Marick Masters, a Wayne State University scholar of labor and business issues, to explain what’s in these contracts and their significance.
15, when the UAW’s prior contracts with all three automakers expired.įord released a statement in which it said it was “pleased” to have reached a deal and “focused on restarting Kentucky Truck Plant, Michigan Assembly Plant and Chicago Assembly Plant.” Stellantis, likewise, looks forward to “resuming operations,” one of its executives said in a statement. The strike, the industry’s longest in 25 years, began on Sept. The tentative deals halted a six-week strike that remains in place for General Motors. 25, 2023, and Stellantis, the global automaker that makes Chrysler, Dodge and Ram vehicles in North America, on Oct. The United Auto Workers union agreed on tentative new contracts with Ford Motor Co.
29, as long as its leaders beyond the negotiating team sign off on it that day. The UAW will release the full details of the Ford contract to all of its members who are Ford workers on Oct.
