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Camila Domonoske

GM autoworkers approve new contract, securing wage increases

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain posed with UAW members as they strike the General Motors Lansing Delta Assembly Plant in Michigan in late September. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Unionized auto workers at General Motors have voted to ratify a new contract, finalizing wage gains of at least 25% over the next four years, according to the UAW's vote-ratification tracker.

The contract reflects the biggest victory for the union in decades. About 55% of votes were in favor of it. But a sizeable minority of workers were frustrated that the union didn't win back more of the benefits and perks that previous generations of autoworkers enjoyed.

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