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Local UAW passes GM contract, national vote tallied today
Source: WJW FOX 8 News Cleveland
PARMA, Ohio - United Auto Workers Local 1005 in Parma passed the tentative contract with General Motors by a margin of just 4% Thursday.
Mike Caldwell, President for Local 1005, says the vote was 52% in favor and 48% against.
Some union members say the failure to get General Motors to commit to reopening closed plants and to promise not to close factories in the future was a reason to vote against the contract.
A union chapter in Tennessee where many GM Lordstown workers transferred after that plant closed narrowly voted down the agreement last week.
Read more: https://fox8.com/2019/10/25/local-uaw-passes-gm-contract-national-vote-tallied-today/
FULL story at link.
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