Overview

• The deal grants a 4% direct raise for 2025, plus a 1% savings‑fund increase, 0.2% for specialized roles and a one‑time 3,000‑peso bonus.
• The union describes a 6.16% global package, reached just before the 11:00 a.m. Aug. 18 legal deadline to post strike flags.
• Roughly 7,000 employees at Volkswagen’s Puebla plant are covered, avoiding a work stoppage at one of the company’s key sites in Mexico.
• SITIAVW initially sought a 14% increase, and the settlement trails recent raises at peers including Audi (5.3%), GM (10.22%), Hyundai/Kia (8.5%), Ford (8.2%) and Nissan (7%).
• Talks involved federal labor conciliators at CFCRL and the federal collective labor tribunal, and Volkswagen framed the outcome as above inflation and supportive of purchasing power.