UAW reaches tentative deals with Stellantis, General Motors

Oct. 30, 2023
The GM agreement occurred just hours after thousands of workers at its Spring Hill, Tenn., assembly plant joined the strike ranks.
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The six-week United Auto Workers' strike of the Big Three U.S. automakers appears to be concluding.

UAW and Stellantis negotiators reached a tentative new four-year contract Saturday, and multiple news outlets reported Monday morning that a similar agreement had been reached with General Motors, after the UAW added GM’s Spring Hill, Tenn., plant to the strike, the company’s largest in North America.

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