The head of Spring Hill’s UAW chapter says he’s confident the tentative agreement announced Wednesday morning with General Motors will resolve the monthlong strike.
Local 1853 President Tim Stannard spoke to WPLN shortly after arriving in Detroit to hear details of the proposal. He praised striking workers for “standing strong” throughout the work stoppage.
“But it was a long time out of work, so it was starting to impact people financially,” he said. “We have a lot of suppliers that are associated with our plant, and it was hitting them and their families relatively hard. So I’m glad that both sides could come to a tentative agreement.”
Union leaders will meet Thursday morning to vote on the framework agreement. Stannard says it’ll then take at least four or five days to get it before rank-and-file members for a vote.
With temperatures falling, workers on the picket line in Spring Hill have been huddling overnight around gas-powered heating units, and lighting fires in burn barrels.
The Columbia Daily Herald estimates the nearly 3,000 workers in Spring Hill have lost out on about $5 million in pay during the strike.
Analysts say the entire company has lost about $2 billion dollars.
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