By Christopher Otts

Unionized workers at a Michigan plant producing a key component for General Motors trucks have reached a tentative agreement for a new labor contract following a 10-day strike.

"After 18 years of sacrifice, these workers are finally winning back a big chunk of what was taken from them," United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain said.

The deal between the UAW and Dauch Corp., formerly known as American Axle, means workers could soon return to the Three Rivers, Mich., factory where they produce axles for GM's heavy-duty pickups, the Chevrolet Silverado and the GMC Sierra.

The deal must still be ratified in a vote of the plant's roughly 970 hourly workers, which isn't guaranteed to succeed.

The plant's axles also go into GM's midsize trucks, the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, and it makes an axle component for the company's light-duty Silverado and Sierra.

Spokespeople for Dauch Corp. and for the UAW didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.

GM has kept pickup production on schedule since the walkout began June 1, but analysts have said the company's operations wouldn't last long without a fresh supply of axles.

The UAW workers were pushing for wages closer to the $29 an hour they used to earn in 2008 before agreeing to a 50% wage reduction to keep the plant open during the economic recession. The plant's top wage rate for regular production workers is about $22 an hour.

Write to Christopher Otts at christopher.otts@wsj.com

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June 10, 2026 20:16 ET (00:16 GMT)

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