Overview
- UAW Local 2093 members, who voted Monday to approve the contract by about 80%, returned to work at the Three Rivers axle plant after a ten-day walkout.
- The four-year deal gives legacy workers an immediate $8 hourly raise, moves top pay from $22 toward $30 by 2030, and includes a $2,000 ratification bonus plus a $1,000 payment after the first year.
- The contract adds more paid time off and keeps workers’ current health-care premium costs unchanged for the life of the agreement.
- The strike targeted a Tier‑1 axle supplier to General Motors and used near-term supply vulnerability—GM had roughly two weeks of inventory—to force faster concessions from the company.
- Union leaders cast the outcome as a model for supplier-focused bargaining ahead of wider talks while observers note that fractious bargaining and internal UAW governance tensions remain unresolved.