Representatives of about 1,300 United Auto Workers members at DaimlerChrysler’s Detroit Diesel engine manufacturing plant have reached a tentative agreement one day after going on strike amid stalled negotiations, a union spokesman said according to Associated Press (AP).
According to the AP report, Jimmy Settles, a regional director with UAW, said the “long, hard round of bargaining” had been successful.
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Detroit Diesel spokesman Chris Brandt said employees returned to work on Wednesday’s second shift at the suburban Detroit plant after going on strike Tuesday evening.
Details of the agreement are being withheld pending a ratification by union members in the next few days, Settle said, according to the report.
AP noted that Detroit Diesel, which designs, produces and maintains heavy-duty diesel and alternative fuel engines, auto diesel engines and engine-related products, was once was a division of General Motors Corp. Private investors bought it in 1988, and then sold the company to DaimlerChrysler in October 2000. This is the UAW’s first contract negotiation with DaimlerChrysler for Detroit Diesel.
