Spokespeople for both GM and Ford declined to comment on the ratification votes so far. The UAW members at Mack Truck voted down a tentative agreement with that heavy truck maker on October 8, and have been on strike ever since, although they are in the process of voting on a slightly different version of that rejected deal once again. But it wouldn’t be unique, as there have been several instances in which the rank-and-file have voted against deals negotiated by their union and endorsed by its leadership.

But that’s down from the more than 70% who had voted yes heading into the weekend.Ī “no” vote at either company could lead to a resumption of the strike, perhaps with little notice. While the ratification vote at both companies still has the support of the majority of members, neither vote is large enough at this point to assure passage, especially with some large union locals yet to weigh in.Ī vote tracker on the UAW site shows that 65% of members at Ford who have voted so far approve of the deal. The Kentucky local voted against a 2019 contract at Ford by an even larger margin and that contract passed despite its opposition. Members at Ford’s nearby Louisville Assembly plant who belong to the same union local voted 53% in favor of the deal. That plant went on strike with little notice on October 12, about three weeks into the strike that targeted specific plants at the company.

The Ford vote in Kentucky showed 55% of the members at the Kentucky Truck plant voting against the deal. The votes took the overall GM vote down to only 52% voting to ratify so far. Only 32% of 2,300 members who participated in the ratification vote supported the deal.Īt the Flint Truck plant, 52% of the 3,400 members voted against the deal. The Spring Hill plant is the most recent to report results, and it had the greatest level of opposition to the deal. The latest setbacks for the deals came in votes at two GM plants, a truck factory in Flint, Michigan, a city known as the birthplace of the union and a Spring Hill, Tennessee plant that builds SUVs for Cadillac and GMC, which both voted no, and by Ford workers in Louisville, Kentucky, home to the company’s largest and most lucrative factories A growing number of rank-and-file autoworkers are voting against the deals with Ford and General Motors, despite pay increases that could come to 30% or more during the life of the contract.

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