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President Joe Biden connected Sunday celebrated past week's statement by nan United Auto Workers and Daimler Trucks to debar a workers strike. File Photo by Ting Shen/UPI | License Photo
April 29 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden is celebrating nan United Auto Workers and Daimler Truck for reaching a tentative statement to debar a onslaught of immoderate 7,300 workers
The UAW and Daimler reached nan statement precocious Friday conscionable earlier nan expiration of their contract.
"I applaud nan UAW and Daimler for reaching a tentative statement for a grounds contract. The UAW workers astatine Daimler are building nan trucks and schoolhouse buses of nan early correct present successful America," Biden said successful a statement Sunday.
"This statement is simply a testament to nan powerfulness of corporate bargaining and shows that we tin build a cleanable power system pinch strong, middle-class national jobs."
Th statement reached Friday is simply a four-year hold that will spot workers person a minimum 25% costs summation crossed nan life of nan contract.
It besides ends costs tiers and introduces profit-sharing and cost-of-living increases while expanding occupation information and implementing guarantees connected a minimum number of vehicles to beryllium built astatine each plant, among different changes.
"Tonight, it's clear nan institution and nan world heard your message: We build nan product. We make nan profits. We merit a woody that reflects our difficult work," UAW President Shawn Fain said Friday nighttime successful his announcement of nan deal.
"We triumph much erstwhile we instrumentality together."
Daimler Truck is simply a commercialized shaper of buses and trucks, pinch much than 100,000 labor astatine 40 locations successful North America, Europe, Asia and italic America, according to its website.
Negotiations began astir 3 weeks ago, and nan statement was reached astir a week aft workers astatine Volkswagen's Chattanooga mill successful Tennessee overwhelmingly voted to subordinate nan UAW.
UAW endorsed Biden for re-election successful January.
