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The facility makes seats for vehicles including ones produced at the nearby General Motors plant. Workers want improvements to pay, health and safety and other conditions.

Despite the Wentzville GM plant production workers voting against the deal, the contract between UAW and the automaker passed nationally giving long-time workers a raise of about 33%. Some newer workers and temps will see their pay more than double.

Nearly 54% of UAW Local 2250 workers voted to reject the proposed deal, joining workers at several other auto plants who say it’s not enough.

After a six-week strike, the United Auto Workers union — who also represent workers at the General Motors plant in Wentzville — reached record contract deals with Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. But as workers vote on the deals, some say it's not enough.

Union leaders and members still need to vote on the tentative deal announced Monday. Workers would get a 25% raise over almost five years.

The members of United Auto Workers Local 2250 were the first employees of General Motors to go on strike. They have since been joined by colleagues at 38 other GM and Stellantis facilities.

UAW workers at 38 GM and Stellantis faciilties across 20 states walked off their jobs, though Ford was not hit with new strikes. President Biden is set to attend a picket line next week.

General Motors had previously warned it would need to stop production at its Fairfax, Kansas, assembly plant, because it relied on parts that came from a Missouri plant that is currently on strike.

The UAW strike comes after months of heightened strike activity in the U.S.

Autoworkers are on strike at General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, an unprecedented move by the United Auto Workers union. Already, there are ripple effects.