NEW YORK CITY: Workers at General Motors (GM) have voted to ratify a new labor contract with sweeping pay increases, according to figures published on Thursday, a landmark step after a major auto industry strike this year.

About 55 percent of GM's hourly workforce endorsed the contract, according to figures published by the United Auto Workers (UAW), which had launched an unprecedented simultaneous stoppage of Detroit's "Big Three" in September.

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