The United Auto Workers (UAW) union and US automaker Ford Motor have come to a tentative agreement that will have union workers return to work immediately.
The UAW was able to secure 25pc pay increases, a restoration of cost of living adjustments, and other demands, UAW president Shawn Fain said Wednesday night. Details of the agreements are expected to be ready for membership to review by the night of 29 October.
Striking UAW members from Ford will return to work, allowing for the restarts of Ford's Chicago SUV assembly plant, Kentucky fullsize pickup truck plant, and Michigan mid-size pickup truck and SUV assembly plant. The strike began on 15 September.
The Ford UAW membership still needs to vote on the agreement and could reject it.
In October at Mack Trucks, UAW membership voted down a tentative agreement on 9 October and then went on strike.
The UAW remains on strike at General Motors (GM) and Stellantis, which the UAW ramped up by striking GM's Arlington, Texas fullsize SUV plant on 24 October and striking Stellantis' Sterling Heights, Michigan fullsize pickup truck plant on 23 October.
