On the Dash:
- No UAW profit-sharing may impact workforce morale across Stellantis operations.
- Ford and GM payouts create a competitive contrast in employee compensation.
- Dealer labor relations may be more sensitive heading into 2026.
Stellantis’ UAW-represented employees will not receive profit-sharing checks for 2025 after the automaker’s North American results failed to meet the minimum thresholds outlined in the 2023 collective bargaining agreement.
Under the contract negotiated with the UAW, profit-sharing checks are distributed at a rate of $900 per 1% of the company’s North American profit margin. The formula excludes certain special charges, including Stellantis’ $26 billion write-down tied to its pivot away from electric vehicles.
Even with those special charges exempted, the company’s North American profit margin in 2025 remained negative, down $2.2 billion, a 3% drop. As a result, no profit-sharing funds were generated for UAW-represented employees.
It marks the first time Stellantis has not paid profit-sharing to its UAW workforce since 2010. The outcome stands in sharp contrast to 2023, when eligible employees received checks worth $13,860 per employee.
In a statement, spokesperson Jodi Tinson said that because North America’s results did not meet the minimum thresholds defined in the 2023 UAW collective bargaining agreement, there will be no profit-sharing paid for 2025.
While Stellantis workers will not receive payouts, UAW members at rival automakers will still see checks tied to 2025 performance. Ford employees are set to receive $6,780, while General Motors workers will receive $10,500. Both amounts are among the lowest profit-sharing payouts for those companies.
Stellantis said actions already taken are intended to support improved performance in 2026, though no additional details were provided regarding potential changes to the profit-sharing structure.
(Editor’s note: Per the company’s media contact, the article has been corrected in the fourth paragraph to reflect the first time since 2010 the company has not paid profit sharing to its employees.)
