UAW workers, Volvo-backed Mack Trucks reach deal to avoid strike
The agreement was reached just before midnight Eastern Standard Time on Sunday and awaits ratification by the UAW.
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The agreement was reached just before midnight Eastern Standard Time on Sunday and awaits ratification by the UAW.
The United Auto Workers union has reached a tentative contract agreement with Mack Trucks that covers about 4,000 workers in three states.
As UAW autoworkers strike at the Big 3 Detroit car manufacturers, Mack Trucks has avoided a similar fate, reaching a tentative agreement with the union
If a deal had not materialized, the truck maker’s nearly 4,000 strong unionized workforce would have gone on strike, halting all production.
United Auto Workers: "The terms of this tentative agreement would deliver significantly increased wages and continue first-class benefits for Mack employees and their families," Mack President Stephen Roy said in a statement.