Members of the United Auto Workers on Saturday ratified a new labor contract with Daimler Truck that includes at least a 25% general wage increase over the four-year deal. The vote was 94.5% in favor of the new contract,

More than 7,000 Daimler Truck workers, most of them in North Carolina, had threatened to go on strike. The UAW says the workers will get raises of at least 25% plus cost of living allowances.

The UAW also notched up a historic victory when workers at the Volkswagen (ETR: VOWG_p) Chattanooga, Tennessee plant voted to join the union, as President Shawn Fain tries to organize non-union U.S. auto factories, most of them built by Asian and European automakers in southern U.S. states.

Members of the United Auto Workers on Saturday ratified a new labor contract with Daimler Truck, the union said in a statement. The vote was 94.5% in favor of the new contract, which covers more than 7,

According to the UAW, 94.5% of the 7,300 workers who build Freightliner and Western Star Trucks and Thomas Built buses in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia voted for the agreement.