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UAW and Stellantis close to tentative agreement in Illinois

A group of protestors holding picket signs and wearing red T-shirts.
Stellantis shuttered its plant in Belvidere, Illinois, early this year, leaving 1,300 workers, like these in Ontario, California, on 26 September 2023, without jobs. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

The United Auto Workers (UAW) reached a tentative labor deal with Chrysler owner Stellantis on Saturday, two sources said, moving closer to securing record wage hikes and a new life for a Jeep factory shut down earlier this year.

The tentative deal is a big step towards ending the first simultaneous strike against the so-called “Detroit Three” automakers, and will follow a template set just days ago by UAW and Ford, including a 25% wage hike over the 4.5-year-long contract.

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