After a six-week rolling strike across the auto industry that garnered international attention, the United Auto Workers (UAW) reached tentative agreements with all of the automakers that make up the Big Three: Ford, Stellantis, and General Motors (GM). The union’s members recently voted to accept the deal.

“Everything we’ve won, we’ve won together. Our union just showed the world what’s possible when workers unite to fight for more. We’ve created the threat of a good example, and now we’re going to build on it,” said Shawn Fain, the union’s president, during a live stream.

Ford was the first of the Big Three to reach a deal with the UAW, and that was announced on October 25, but Stellantis and GM were not far behind. The contract at GM, the first to be ratified, was narrowly supported with approximately 55 percent of members voting in favor. Around 68 percent of Ford and Stellantis workers voted yes. All three contracts look similar, with workers getting raises; a cost-of-living allowance (COLA); $5,000 ratification bonuses; and for workers hired after 2007 without defined benefit pensions, a 10 percent annual company contribution to their 401(k).