After more than a month, the end of the longest walkout in 50 years to shut down General Motors’ US operations appears close. Bargainers for the United Automobile Workers Union have accepted the company’s tentative contract offer.
The picket lines are still in place but, after more than a month, the end of the longest walkout in 50 years to shut down General Motors’ U.S. operations appears close, now that bargainers for the United Automobile Workers UnionAn official summary was released by the UAW on Thursday following a meeting of the National GM Council made up of local leaders, ahead of a vote by the 46,000 member rank-and-file.
Not all details were released, and the union wouldn't discuss some of the issues that had been on the bargaining table at various times, but sources told NBC News the UAW was able to beat back a proposal by GM that would have required workers to pay more than they currently do for medical care. The UAW has long had one of the nation’s best health care programs, requiring few out-of-pocket expenses.
A second group, with lesser seniority, is known as “in-progress” workers. They start out with lower pay and benefits, requiring nearly a decade to reach the maximum — though some classic benefits have been replaced, with a 401 retirement plan now substituting for the defined pensions. Under the new deal, the maximum pay level of $32.32 takes eight years to reach. That will be halved to four years.
GM hasn’t faced a national strike of this magnitude since 1970. Few observers were surprised when the two sides missed their contract deadline, though the length of the latest confrontation did drag on longer than most had forecast. Conversations with workers on the line found many skeptical about whether their leaders would be tougher this time and, said Schwartz, that meant “they had to be very transparent.” Where much of the bargaining normally would have been done in small groups, he added, there were often 20 or more union representatives on hand this time around, “and when you add that many people, it slows everything down.
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