Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers said Wednesday night they have reached a “historic” tentative agreement to end a 41-day strike targeting selected plants at the Dearborn automaker.
The agreement includes 25% in base wage increases through April 2028 and will raise the top wage by over 30% to more than $40 an hour, and raise the starting wage by 68%, to over $28 an hour over the life of the contract, the UAW said in a news release announcing the deal.
Also included are cost-of-living adjustments and a reduction in the time for new workers to reach the top wage scale from eight years to three years, the union said.