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After 40 days of picketing, the United Auto Workers union is ending its nationwide strike at General Motors Co.
The UAW said Friday it has secured a new labor deal with GM GM, +2.57% , resolving one of the nation’s longest private-sector walkouts in years and allowing the Detroit car company to restart its U.S. factories.
GM workers voted to approve the new four-year agreement, which includes better wages, hefty signing bonuses and a commitment from GM to invest $7.7 billion in its U.S. manufacturing operations, securing 9,000 jobs. The new labor accord, covering more than 46,000 blue-collar workers, will also allow GM to move forward with closing three U.S. factories, including a massive assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio.
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Workers will return to work immediately, and GM plans to resume production as soon as possible at more than 30 U.S. factories that have sat idle for six weeks, a company spokesman said.
The car company will schedule overtime to make up for lost production, giving workers who have been without a paycheck for six weeks a way to recoup their finances. Among the auto maker’s first priorities is to fill back-ordered parts at dealerships, which have had to delay repairs. GM plans to have its plants running full-tilt again early next week, the spokesman said.
