Daimler Truck Reaches Deal With United Auto Workers, Averts US Strike

Daimler Truck Reaches Deal With United Auto Workers, Averts US Strike
A sign showing the name of German truck maker Daimler is pictured at the IAA truck show in Hanover, Germany, on Sept. 22, 2016. Fabian Bimmer/Reuters
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Daimler Truck agreed to a new labor contract on Friday with over 7,300 hourly workers represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) at six facilities in the U.S. South, averting a strike at the 11th hour.

“For months, we said that record profits should mean a record contract with no concessions,” UAW President Shawn Fain said in a late-night appearance on YouTube from Charlotte, North Carolina, near where the company has plants.