GM Strike Fate Hinges on Pickup Plants Voting In Favor at Polls
- Flint factory local finishes voting on proposed deal Wednesday
- Agreement to boost pay and speed up raises is key to approval
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A tentative agreement between General Motors Co. and the United Auto Workers union to end a more than five-week strike hinges on ratification by a handful of large branches, including a pickup plant in Flint, Michigan, that votes on the deal Wednesday.
The factory’s 4,800 workers and two other big facilities -- another truck plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with 4,500 staff, and an Arlington, Texas, operation with more than 5,000 -- have yet to weigh in ahead of a Friday deadline. It may come down to “yes” votes at these busy GM factories edging out “no” votes from members at the carmaker’s idled plants and others that build smaller vehicles that are less secure.