The two leaders on Thursday are expected to celebrate plans to reopen an auto factory that Stellantis wanted to close.UAW President Shawn Fain listens as Biden speaks to striking members outside a GM facility on Sept. 26, 2023. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday will meet in Belvidere, Illinois, with the head of the United Auto Workers union, where the two leaders are expected to highlight plans to reopen an auto factory that Stellantis wanted to close.
A White House official confirmed the meeting on the condition of anonymity to preview Biden’s trip to the region. The event will be an opportunity for Biden and UAW president Shawn Fain to publicly showcase tentative contract agreements that ended a nearly 45-day union strike that targetedThe contracts, if approved by 146,000 union members in the coming weeks, would dramatically raise pay for auto workers. In the deal with Stellantis, the union was able to save the with Fain, inviting him to a private Oval Office meeting on July 19 and calling him last week to wish him a happy 55th birthday.
Under the deal with the UAW, Stellantis agreed to build a new gas-powered midsize pickup truck in Belvidere, plus open a new electric vehicle battery plant in the city. About 1,200 workers will be brought back to the idled plant and another 1,300 will be added at the battery factory.UAW reaches deal with General Motors, ending strikes against Detroit automakers pending votesWFAA would like to send you push notifications about the latest news and weather.
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