According to the UAW GM member voting tracker, members have approved the “historic” tentative contract the union has negotiated with General Motors.

After tallying all of the votes by all of the members across all General Motors parts centers and assembly plants, the voting remained close until the end. The deal ended up being approved by 54.7% to 45.3%, with the voting coming in at 19,683 “yes” votes and 16,274 “no” votes. The voting finally turned the corner at GM’s Arlington, Texas plant yesterday, where 3,300 workers voted, with 60.8% voting to approve the deal.

Concern had been growing among both UAW leadership, and executives at GM, after votes to reject the tentative labor deal came in from several GM plants.

UAW local 602 workers from GM’s Lansing Delta plant voted against the deal with 63% of the members in opposition. 60% of skilled trade workers had voted for the deal, however. Overall, the final vote was 61% against and 39% for the deal at the Lansing Delta plant, where Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave, and GMC Acadia SUVs are built.

Wentzville Assembly, Defiance, Romulus Engine, Bowling Green, Lansing Grand River, Pontiac Stamping, Towanda Engine, and Marion Assembly all also voted to reject the deal.

According to reports, one of the sticking points for the veteran GM UAW workers was that newer workers will be getting more money and better benefits in retirement that older workers. Others opposed the lack of a defined pension plan which workers had prior to the Great Financial Crisis of 2008.

Members of the union had to ratify the deal prior to Thursday at 4 PM EST.

With respect to the other members of the Big Three Automakers, Ford’s union workers voted to approve their deal by 66.7%, as Stellantis’ workers approved their tentative deal by 66.5% as of midday Thursday.