3 More UAW Locals Reject Chrysler Deal [View All]

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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