General Motors Corp.'s labor woes neared an end Wednesday as workers at its final striking plant voted on a tentative agreement.
United Auto Workers union local 31 said on its website that picketing would continue until “all votes had been counted” by workers at a Kansas plant which produces one of GM's hottest-selling cars, the Chevrolet Malibu.
The deal reached late Tuesday comes just days after the UAW reached a tentative agreement with key supplier and former GM subsidiary American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc.
GM's production has been cut by more than 300,000 vehicles since the American Axle strike began February 26.
The first five weeks of the nearly three month-long strike cost the automaker 800 million dollars, GM said in securities filings. It has not released more recent cost estimates.
Ratification votes at American Axle plants continue through Thursday. Since Monday is a US holiday, work will likely not resume before Tuesday if the contract is approved.
The strike at the Kansas plant, which began May 5, was seen by analysts as an attempt by the UAW to pressure GM to step into negotiations with American Axle.
A similar strike at a GM plant in Michigan was resolved last week.
Meanwhile, the Canadian Auto Workers overwhelmingly approved new three-year labor agreements with GM, the union said Saturday.
