General Motors-UAW contract ends 40-day strike

UAW workers on strike.
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The United Auto Workers and General Motors have agreed to a four-year contract to end workers' six-week strike, UAW announced Friday.

The two parties reached a tentative contract last week, and as of Friday at 4 p.m., 57 percent of UAW members voted to approve it. The contract includes a benefits package, "annual lump-sum bonuses," and an additional $11,000 ratification bonus for all full-time members working at GM.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.