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More UAW Locals Nix Chrysler Deal

Four Indiana plants join six others in voting down proposed contract

By Lucas Laursen,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 24, 2007 8:10 AM CDT
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(Newser) – UAW workers at four Chrysler plants in Indiana last night rejected the embattled contract negotiated by their leaders with the automaker, adding to the six defeats by rank-and-file voters over the weekend. Some smaller locals have approved the contract, says anti-contract organizer Bill Parker, but the larger ones are rejecting it.

The UAW needs to muster a majority of its 45,000 members to adopt the contract, or it will have to head back to the bargaining table. Two engine plants in Detroit approved the contract Monday, despite very little campaigning by UAW leaders, the Wall Street Journal reports. Parker claims his efforts have caught union leadership "a little flat-footed.” More voting today may determine the outcome.

Chrysler Kokomo Transmission Plant worker Mike Hunter discusses his vote on a new labor agreement between Chrysler and the United Auto Workers outside the UAW Local 685 union hall in Kokomo, Ind., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)
Chrysler Kokomo Transmission Plant worker Mike Hunter discusses his vote on a new labor agreement between Chrysler and the United Auto Workers outside the UAW Local 685 union hall in Kokomo, Ind., Tuesday,...   (Associated Press)
Members of United Auto Workers Local 685 leave the union hall in Kokomo, Ind., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, after voting on a new labor agreement between Chrysler and the UAW. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)
Members of United Auto Workers Local 685 leave the union hall in Kokomo, Ind., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, after voting on a new labor agreement between Chrysler and the UAW. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)   (Associated Press)
Members of United Auto Workers Local 685 discuss voting on a new labor agreement between Chrysler and the UAW outside their union hall in Kokomo, Ind., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)
Members of United Auto Workers Local 685 discuss voting on a new labor agreement between Chrysler and the UAW outside their union hall in Kokomo, Ind., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Tom Strickland)   (Associated Press)
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