After five weeks of negotiations, the UAW union’s General Motors (GM) National Negotiators and UAW GM Vice President Terry Dittes announced the achievement of a Proposed Tentative Agreement with General Motors. In a statement, the union said negotiators voted to recommend the UAW GM National Council accept the Proposed Tentative Agreement as the agreement represents “major gains” for UAW workers.
On September 15, the UAW GM National Council voted to strike. The union said the UAW GM National Council will meet and review details on October 17, 2019 in a private meeting, at which time they will vote on whether to recommend it to the full UAW-GM membership for ratification.
Until the Council reviews and votes to approve the proposed tentative agreement the strike will continue. During the October 17 meeting, the Council will decide whether to continue the strike until ratification concludes or to stop the strike at the time of the Council’s approval of the agreement.
Once the UAW National GM Council votes to approve the proposed tentative agreement, the contract language will become a Tentative Agreement and shared with the full membership.
Ultimately, the agreement will not be ratified until UAW-GM membership across the US votes to approve it.