2023-10-29 17:49:43
Three days after Ford, Stellantis, parent company of Chrysler and Jeep, reached a preliminary agreement with the United Auto Workers. The American auto union has been on strike for 44 days. And for the first time, the strike targeted the “Big Three”, the major American manufacturers. According to statements from the UAW, the text notably provides for progress on the purchasing power of employees.
Published on: 10/29/2023 – 4:49 p.m.
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The United Auto Workers (UAW) claims to have obtained a 25% increase in base salaries by 2028. Several adjustments, including those linked to the cost of living, will even allow a 33% increase in salaries to reach 42 dollars an hour. This is a little less than what the strikers demanded.
Shawn Fain, the leader of the union, still welcomed this outcome in a video on social networks: “ Once again, we have achieved what we were told was impossible a few weeks ago. We have begun to turn the tide in the war against the American working class. We are saving the American dream. »
With this victory on wages, victory also claimed on the question of employment. “ At the start of these negotiations, the company was clear. They wanted to cut 5,000 jobs across Stellantis. Our strike was a game changer. During the term of this agreement, Stellantis will create 5 000 jobs said Shawn Fain.
The union will instead extend its strike to a General Motors factory in Tennessee. General Motors, the only one of the “Big Three” not to have reached an agreement with the strikers.
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