Union members (17,000) ratify four-year Delphi deal

[Omaha Steve]

Source: The Star

Union members ratify four-year Delphi deal

Auto Workers approve giveback auto-parts firm has said it must achieve to exit from bankruptcy
Jun 30, 2007 04:30 AM
Tom Krisher
Associated Press

DETROIT–United Auto Workers members have approved a contract agreement with auto-parts maker Delphi Corp. that slashes wages and allows some plant closings but preserves jobs for thousands of workers.

The ratification comes after two years of often contentious negotiations and averts a threatened strike that would have crippled Delphi's former parent, General Motors Corp.

Sixty-eight per cent of the workers who voted were in favour of the new four-year pact, while 32 per cent were against it, the UAW's leadership said in a statement yesterday.

About 17,000 workers at 17 Delphi plants across the U.S. were eligible to vote on the deal, which allows some plant closings and cuts wages from $27 (U.S.) per hour for longtime workers to a pay range for everyone from $14 to $18.50.


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[Yogi]

1. They said on the local news

before the vote at the Delphi plant here in Columbus,Ohio would probably close in the fall.

I have very mixed feeling about excepting the deal but I can see it both ways, I guess.
I don't work there but if it happens to them it hurts all of us.

[ldf]

2. so, now all a business administration needs to do

is run the company into the ground, declare bankruptcy, then screw the employees yet again.

all the while you can bet the business administrators aren't taking major cuts in pay.

that is SO american.

[gizmo1979]

3. This doesn't bode well

for the american worker.Our contract is up this year,and if they as much as offer us the same contract we had it'll pass.We have no leverage against the man anymore.They just say they'll ship our jobs to China,so sign the contract or get a new job.