Officials from General Motors and the United Auto Workers confirmed today that a tentative contract has been agreed upon by both sides.
Union members at the GM Orion Plant walked out on Monday, as workers left their jobs at about 80 facilities across the country.
Early reports indicate that the agreement, reached in the wee hours of the morning, includes a GM-funded, UAW-run trust that will administer retiree health care.
Other details of the agreement are expected to be released shortly.
UAW workers were told to report to work Wednesday, though the contract was still waiting approval of local UAW presidents.
The strike, which started at 11 a.m. Monday, came after 10 days of bargaining, which failed to result in an agreement for the automaker’s 73,000 hourly workers nationwide.
The workers had been working on an hour-by-hour basis until the strike started.
It was the first UAW national strike against GM since 1970.
The sides were said to be close to a new labor agreement over the weekend, but some issues, such as wages, pensions, retiree health care and investments and outsourcing, were said to be among the remaining hurdles.
The Orion plant has over 2,700 workers, over 140 of which also live in Orion Township. At press time, no word was available as to how many of those workers were hourly employees.
The strike comes just as speculation was heating up regarding a new product at the Orion plant.
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