[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 178 (Monday, October 30, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5223]
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                          United Auto Workers

  Madam President, finally, on the UAW, last Wednesday night, the 
United Auto Workers reached agreement with Ford Motor Company for 
better wages, better benefits, and stronger workplace protections. Last 
Saturday, the UAW reached a tentative deal with Stellantis, mirroring 
the agreement with Ford. And, today, it has been reported that the UAW 
has finally reached an agreement with GM, the last of the three 
automakers that the UAW was negotiating with.
  Madam President, it is simple: When unions win, workers win, the 
middle class wins, America wins. These announcements are very good news 
not just for autoworkers but for all Americans who want better paying 
jobs and better working conditions.
  Automakers have made staggering profits in recent years after workers 
made enormous sacrifices in the aftermath of the great recession. So 
now workers deserve those profits, and these agreements rebalance 
things in a fairer way, which had been unbalanced after 2008.
  I am glad these tentative agreements have now been reached.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.