UAW members at the Ultium Cells battery plant in Lordstown have voted to fall under GM's master agreement.

The union, made up of 1,750 members, voted 97% in favor to 3% against the contract, according to sources close to the matter Tuesday evening.

The two-day voting process began Monday on a tentative labor agreement and votes were counted by 9:45 p.m. Tuesday at the UAW 1112 building.

GM and the UAW reached a tentative agreement for a four-and-a-half-year contract on October 30.

Lordstown's Ultium Cells, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution, has its UAW members on Monday and Tuesday voting to be rolled into the master agreement following negotiations.

As of last week, at least five GM plants around the nation have voted down the agreement announced a couple of weeks ago following a lengthy strike.

Despite significant pay raises and other gains, the tentative agreements didn't secure pensions for all workers. Those hired after 2007 still only receive 401k plans, in contrast with those hired before who would receive pensions. 

Ultium workers are voting on the UAW/GM master agreement, which would include a salary rate increase, along with all master agreement benefits.

Some of the former GM Lordstown employees, those who worked at the plant on Nov. 26, 2018, will be given six months' first-chance opportunity to transfer home, retaining their salary, tenure, and benefits.

The agreement will allow Ultium workers to receive master agreement benefits and the right to transfer between the electric vehicle plants and the other automaker's traditional facilities. Any future Ultium Cells battery plants will not automatically be union sites but would have to do the same steps as the Lordstown Ultium plant, requiring a card check to be recognized or go through the National Labor Relations Board vote to be recognized by the UAW, then certified.