GM's workforce ratifies new contract, ending longest strike in 50 years

GM's 49,000 UAW-represented workers have ratified a new four-year contract.
The vote ends the longest strike against a major US automaker in 50 years.
The workforce secured low-cost healthcare, wager increases, a signing bonus, increased profit-sharing, and a quicker path to full-time status for temporary workers.
GM also confirmed that it would build an electric pickup truck at a Detroit plant that had been "unallocated," and that it plans to build a new battery factory near an idled plant in O