From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Taverny-Sea, and this is The Daily.

A wave of strikes that had paralyzed the auto industry came to an end on Monday

when the last of the three big car manufacturers, General Motors, reached a deal

with the union that represents auto workers.

Today, my colleague, Neil Budet, on that historic deal, and why it was such a win for workers.

It's Tuesday, October 31st.

So Neil, we had last had you on the show in September, and at that point, the union that represents auto workers, the UAW,

was preparing to strike against the three big car makers, Ford, GM, and Stellantis, formerly Chrysler.

Shortly after you previewed that for us, they did in fact go on strike, and today we're coming back to you

because the union appears to have a tentative deal with those companies after weeks of striking and lots of negotiations.

Tell me what happened. What exactly have they gotten in this deal?

Well, I don't know if the union has ever gotten a pay increase this big in one single contract.

It's really in some ways kind of a breathtaking number.

So the top UAW wage now is $32 an hour, over four and a half years that will increase by 25% to more than $40 an hour.

With a little overtime, it would be fairly easy for workers to make $100,000 or more.

And in a place like Flint, Michigan, a factory town like that, that's a really solid middle-class life that these people are now going to be able to live.

But really, the bigger moves are for people who are lower down on the pay scale.

There are people who are making $22 or $26 an hour, and we're going to have to wait five or six or seven years to get to the top wage.

Now they'll move to the top wage in three.

So you'll see somebody who was making $20 an hour, and in four and a half years their wages will double.

So that is a really big move for the people who are lower down. It's not just a benefit for those up at the top.

So Neil, what else is in the tentative agreement?

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