General Motors Co. restarted production of midsize trucks after seat supplier Lear Corp. and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative agreement, ending a work stoppage at the Lear plant that halted GM's production at its Wentzville, Missouri, facility for a few days.

The 500 members of UAW Local 282 returned to work Thursday morning. The strike at the Lear facility paused GM's midsize truck and full-size van production Monday through Wednesday this week.

“I’m proud of our UAW membership and their bargaining team for Standing Up against the billionaire class and, as Walter Reuther said, forcing this company to say yes when they wanted to say no," Region 4 Director Brandon Campbell said in a statement. "The tentative agreement reached by UAW Local 282 proves, once again, that when workers come together, fighting for fair pay, benefits and working conditions, corporate greed can be beat.”

Lear confirmed the deal with the union: “We are pleased to have reached a tentative agreement with the UAW at our Wentzville facility. We are focused on resuming normal operations.”

About 4,600 employees at the Wentzville plant make the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize trucks and the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans.

GM spokesperson Kevin Kelly said in a statement the automaker's "focus is to resume regular production as quickly as possible for the good of our customers."

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