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As the voting starts at General Motors facilities on the tentative agreement between the automaker and its union-represented workers, there is some confusion about the loss of two annual bonuses that amount to $1,500.

But the perceived loss will be a gain in the long run with the addition of a cost-of-living adjustment and wage increases, said a person with the union who is familiar with the GM tentative agreement but not authorized to speak publicly about it.

The GM tentative agreement White Book shows that a $1,000 performance bonus that was paid in June of each year since 2020 has been deleted from the contract. Similarly, a quality bonus of $500 often paid in December has been removed. Those were replaced by the union winning back its COLA formula lost in 2009 and a 25% wage increase over the 4½-year contract.

Members hit the picket line after UAW President Shawn Fain called for a strike after contract negotiations stalled with all three Detroit automakers, UAW members walked off the job at Ford Michigan Assembly Plant just after midnight on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. The current four-year contracts with General Motors, Ford and Stellantis were in effect until 11:59 p.m. on Thurs., Sept. 14 and without an agreement, the UAW initiated a stand-up strike, a strategic plan that the union is said to have for a strike targeting certain plants at the different automakers in waves.

But some union members have reached out to the Detroit Free Press saying losing that $1,500 annual bonus is a hit unless COLA consistently holds or rises.

Not true, said the UAW person, adding, the bonuses were paid in the past in place of general wage increases and COLA. Members will do much much better with COLA and wage gains.



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