Mack Trucks reaches labor agreement with UAW

Greensboro, North Carolina-based Mack Trucks has reached a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW) on a new five-year contract covering about 3,900 employees at its facilities in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Florida.

“The terms of this tentative agreement would deliver significantly increased wages and continue first-class benefits for Mack employees and their families,” Mack President Stephen Roy says. “At the same time, it would allow the company to successfully compete in the market and continue making the necessary investments in our people, plants and products.”

The UAW says a nearly two-week strike will be suspended, though the agreement still must be ratified by UAW members at upcoming ratification meetings.

“Through great sacrifice, UAW members at Mack have achieved significant gains toward fair pay, benefits and job security protections,” says Ray Curry, UAW secretary-treasurer and director of its heavy truck department.

Mack Trucks, part of the Volvo Group, designs and makes trucks, buses, construction equipment and power systems for marine and industrial applications, and offers financing and other services tied to those products.