Daimler Truck reaches deal with United Auto Workers, averts U.S. strike

Daimler Truck reaches deal with United Auto Workers, averts U.S. strike - Daimler Truck, which makes Freightliner and Western Star trucks and Thomas Built buses, had faced the possibility of a strike beginning at midnight ET. - Daimler Truck said in a statement: "The UAW members... will now be asked to vote on the new contracts, and we hope to finalize them soon, for the mutual benefit of all parties." Daimler Truck agreed to a new labor contract on Friday …