The 46-day UAW strike in September and October cost GM roughly $1.1 billion, but the settlement’s price tag only modestly exceeded the automaker’s original projections, GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra says.
UAW President Shawn Fain says the key to recruiting non-union auto workers is to win good contracts for its own members, which he believes the union has done with its new contracts with General Motors, Ford and Stellantis.
