…from NPR….
Some 40 days after United Automobile Workers walked off the job, picketing General Motors plants and grinding operations to a halt, the labor union’s members have ratified the tentative deal their representatives struck with the automaker earlier this month. The UAW announced the deal’s approval after voting ended Friday.
Employees will return to work as instructed by GM.
The contract was approved by 57.2%.
UAW Vice President Terry Dittes said the union is proud of the workers. “Their sacrifice and courageous stand addressed the two-tier wages structure and permanent temporary worker classification that has plagued working class Americans.”….
The United Auto Workers’ 40-day strike against General Motors will cost the company about $3.8 billion to $4 billion for the year and $1 billion for the third quarter, the automaker said Tuesday, much higher than some Wall Street analysts had estimated….
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