3 More UAW Locals Reject Chrysler Deal

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

DETROIT (AP) - Workers at three more United Auto Workers locals have rejected a tentative contract agreement between the union and Chrysler LLC, casting doubt on whether the deal will be ratified.

Members at locals in Missouri, Ohio and Delaware voted against the deal Friday and Saturday even as union leaders from Detroit spent the later part of the week lobbying for yes votes.

The contract failed Saturday at Local 110 in Fenton, Mo., one of Chrysler's largest, with 2,781 hourly workers at the South Assembly Plant. The vote was surprising because the plant makes Chrysler Town and Country and Dodge Caravan minivans, which are brand new for 2008 and expected to be top sellers, providing job security for several years.


Jerry Dennison, President of UAW Local 136, whose members work at Chrysler LLC's North Assembly Plant in Fenton, posts the results of the contract ratification vote Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007, in Fenton, Mo. The contract was rejected by approximately 80% of those that voted. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)



A recording at the Local 110 union hall said Saturday that 66 percent of skilled trades workers voted against the contract, while 79 percent of non-skilled workers opposed it. It didn't give the number of workers that voted.

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[Jack Bone]

1. My Local votes on Tuesday..it doesn't sound good here either..

[madrchsod]

2. "Local UAW leader: Vote against Chrysler pact"

looks like belvidere is`t going to ratify....

"Tom Littlejohn of United Auto Workers 1268 told reporters in Detroit he won’t support the pact because it doesn’t make the 600 temporary workers at the plant permanent.


"He also is upset the pact doesn’t promise product to replace the Dodge Caliber, Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot when those vehicles are discontinued."

chrysler and daimler just rebuilt the plant and other on site facilities to the tune of close to a billion dollars.....


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