GM CEO: Current offer to UAW ‘the most significant’ GM has proposed

Regarding the ongoing strikes at some of GM‘s U.S. facilities, CEO Mary Barra said: It’s been clear coming out of COVID that wages and benefits across the U.S. economy would need to increase because of inflation and other factors. The current offer is the most significant that GM has ever proposed to the UAW, and the majority of our workforce will make $40.39 per hour, or roughly $84,000 a year by the end of this agreement’s term. Since negotiations started this summer, we’ve been available to bargain 24/7 on behalf of our represented team members and our company. They’ve demanded a record contract – and that’s exactly what we’ve offered for weeks now: a historic contract with record wage increases, record job security and world-class healthcare. It’s an offer that rewards our team members but does not put our company and their jobs at risk. Accepting unsustainably high costs would put our future and GM team member jobs at risk, and jeopardizing our future is something I will not do.”