Members of the United Auto Workers union at Ford have ratified their labor deal and by a larger margin of approval than members at General Motors.
The final vote, posted Saturday on the UAW ratification vote tracker, showed 69% of membership at the company voting for the deal. Only 55% of the members at GM voted Thursday in favor of a similar deal.
Strikers at all Ford and GM plants and facilities, as well as those at Stellantis, had already returned to work weeks ago, when their respective tentative agreements on a new contract were reached. Members at Stellantis are also participating in a ratification vote on their own contract. And the partial results on the UAW ratification vote tracker shows 69% voting yes so far as well, meaning it is certain to be approved when the remaining votes are reported.
Despite the approval for the deals at the three companies, there has been notable opposition among some of the membership. The UAW reports that workers at more than a dozen GM factories and facilities voted against the deal. Opposition was more scattered at Ford and Stellantis but it included workers at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, its largest factory, while three facilities at Stellantis voted no, including the Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio, which had been one of the first factories to go on strike on September 15.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
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