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May 13, 2022 11:42 AM

GM agrees to 8.5% raise with new Mexico union

The union represents workers at the Silao plant in central Mexico.

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    MEXICO CITY - General Motors has agreed to an 8.5 per cent wage hike with the new, independent union at its pick-up truck plant in the central Mexican city of Silao, labour representatives said on Thursday, one of the highest recent raises in the country's auto industry.

    A GM Mexico spokeswoman confirmed the raise in an email to sibling publication Automotive News. The plant builds the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra.

    The deal with union SINTTIA also marks the first major raise since the start of a new trade deal, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which aims to reduce the vast wage gap between U.S. and Mexican workers.

    "It's a victory, a step in the right direction," said Gaspar Rivera Salgado, director of the Center for Mexican Studies at the University of California Los Angeles. It remains to be seen if such raises can be easily duplicated, he added.

    Following a vote closely watched by U.S. officials, SINTTIA this year became the first independent union in the GM Silao plant's history, in an early test of USMCA labour rules.

    SINTTIA said alongside wages, the deal comprises bigger bonuses, a 14 per cent increase in grocery vouchers and a mandatory day off on Christmas Eve.

    The new contract also stipulates GM and the union will form working groups to negotiate work schedules; a protocol for dealing with sexual harassment cases; and a program to push back against inflation in the coming years.

    The contract is good for two years, although salaries will be up for review in a year, said Alejandra Morales, SINTTIA's secretary general.

    Morales said she hoped workers at other plants would see news of the raise as a sign of what independent unions can accomplish in a country where many companies sign so-called "protection contracts" without worker knowledge.

    "Before, there were deals just between companies and unions. Today it's possible for us workers to have real negotiations," said Morales, a GM Silao employee for nearly 12 years.

    The workers will vote to approve the deal later this month.

    SINTTIA had pushed for raises above inflation, which accelerated to 7.68 per cent in April in Mexico. It initially proposed a 19.2 per cent increase, which GM countered with a 3.5 per cent offer.

    The pay deal appears to outstrip others recently struck by independent unions in Mexico's auto sector.

    Nissan this year agreed to boost wages 6.5 per cent, while last year Volkswagen agreed to a 5.5 per cent raise. Audi's contract, according to local media, calls for raising wages 5.4 per cent each year from 2020 to 2022.

    Reuters and Automotive News contributed to this report.

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