The Associated Press is reporting that the UAW could be close to a deal with Ford, which could bring an end to the nearly 6-week-long strike against Detroit's Big Three.
The 6-week-old strike by the United Auto Workers union could be inching closer to an end as the Associated Press is reporting that Ford and the UAW are edging closer to a tentative agreement, which could be critical to ending the strike.
The AP is citing two people with knowledge of the talks, who said that the union made a counter-offer to Ford that proposes a 25% general wage increase over the life of the four-year contract. Those two sources also said that talks between both sides on Tuesday went well into Wednesday morning.
The past three union chapters called on to strike have all been the largest plants for each of the Big Three. On October 11,5,000 UAW members at GM's Arlington Assembly Texas walked off the job Of the roughly 150,000 UAW members, 45,000 are currently on strike while the Big Three have collectively laid off a total of more than 7,500 employees.
The news of the movement of a possible deal with Ford could signal the beginning of the end, meaning those 52,500+ employees could get back to work sooner rather than later.LaMona Wilkins is one of the 6,800 UAW members answering the call from their union president, shutting down production at Sterling Heights Assembly.
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