Breana Noble, Kalea Hall, and Hayley Harding write for The Detroit News:
Chris Budnick, an 11-year employee at Ford working at the Kentucky Truck plant, voted yes on the deal, even though he would have liked to see a larger wage increase sooner and health care coverage for all workers when they retire.
But the agreement is “worth three times” more than other agreements, he noted, and hearing [Shawn] Fain tell members the union got everything it could gave him confidence.
“That really put it in perspective for me,” said Budnick, a member of the steering committee for the Unite All Workers for Democracy Caucus that endorsed Fain for president but stayed neutral on the agreement. “It’s ridiculous for us to vote no on this contract because there’s some shortcomings.”
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