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Early Volkswagen Mexico vote count favors wage deal after two rejections
Volkswagen Mexico workers are voting on a proposed wage deal at the company’s plant in Cuautlancingo, Puebla.
The first ballot count showed 450 votes in favor and 157 against, with one invalid vote.
This is the workers’ third vote on the contract review after they rejected proposals in two earlier votes.
The deal includes a 4.4% direct wage increase, 0.25% for the savings fund and a one-time 12,000-peso payment.
Approval could avert a strike and help keep the plant operating, which would also support regional suppliers.
Counting of the remaining ballots is continuing under labor authorities, and the final result has not yet been reported.
The first count in Volkswagen de México’s third vote on a wage agreement showed more votes in favor than against.
At voting table one, 450 workers voted yes, 157 voted no and one ballot was invalid.
The proposed package includes a 4.4% direct wage increase, a 0.25% increase to the savings fund and a one-time 12,000-peso bonus.
The vote follows two earlier consultations in which workers rejected the offers.
The count was still underway under labor authorities’ supervision, and no final result was reported.
- Who
- Volkswagen de México workers.
- What
- They voted on whether to ratify a proposed wage agreement. The first count favored approval.
- When
- The third vote took place on a Wednesday; the article was published on 2026-10-29.
- Where
- Volkswagen’s plant in Cuautlancingo, Mexico.
- Why
- Workers were voting on a contractual review and wage offer after rejecting offers in two earlier consultations.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Workers rejected the offers in both votes.
Volkswagen carried out an information campaign about the proposed package.
Workers held the third vote on the contractual review.
Voting table one recorded 450 yes votes, 157 no votes and one invalid ballot; counting of the remaining tables continued.
- Table one yes votes
- 450
- Table one no votes
- 157
- Invalid ballots at table one
- 1
- Direct wage increase
- 4.4%, retroactive to August 18
- Savings fund increase
- 0.25%
- One-time bonus
- 12,000 pesos