UAW President Rejects GM’s ‘Insulting’ Proposal for 10 Percent Pay Hike as Strike Looms

UAW president Shawn Fain on Thursday dismissed as “insulting” a new contract proposal from General Motors

UAW President Shawn Fain chairs the 2023 Special Elections Collective Bargaining Convention in Detroit, Michigan, on March 27, 2023. Reuters/Rebecca Cook

United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain on Thursday dismissed as “insulting” a new contract proposal from General Motors that its leaders said was a “solid offer” that includes a 10 percent wage hike.

GM, the biggest automaker in the United States with over 92,000 employees, put forward on Thursday its latest offer for a new contract that includes wage increases and a higher starting wage, which the company hopes will be enough to avert an economically damaging strike.