Daimler Truck reaches deal with United Auto Workers, averts U.S. strike
-Daimler Truck agreed to a new labor contract on Friday with over 7,300 hourly workers represented by the United Auto Workers at six facilities in the U.S. South, averting a strike, the union's president said.
The deal at the German truck maker, which was spun off from what is now automaker Mercedes, comes just three weeks before votes on whether to join the UAW will be tallied at a Mercedes assembly plant in Alabama.
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