United States: agreement struck with GM for large pay rises but three sites are still set to close

Officials at the United Automobile Workers, the American trade union, have finally reached an agreement with the leadership of General Motors. However the 200 union leaders who met on Thursday 17 October in Detroit did not call for an end to the strike that has been ongoing for more than one month. It will be up to the union members, which are some 46,000 in total, to make a decision on the content of the four-year deal negotiated with GM.

Through . Published on 18 October 2019 Ă  15h47 - Update on 18 October 2019 Ă  17h04

This agreement, which was ultimately endorsed by GM chief executive Mary Barra, offers serious guarantees on pay rises for permanent employees. They will enjoy increases of 3% in the second and fourth years. Meanwhile in the first and third years of the deal,  such staff will be entitled to a bonus equal to 4% of their salary.…

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