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Chrysler Deal Faces More Rejections

After 6 locals vote down proposed contract, UAW steps up lobbying

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 21, 2007 11:02 PM CDT
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(Newser) – UAW members at three auto plants rejected the proposed pact between Chrysler and their union this weekend, bringing to six the number of locals who have voted down the deal, the Wall Street Journal reports.  In a last-ditch effort to salvage the agreement, union leaders are focusing lobbying efforts on upcoming votes at plants in Michigan and Illinois.

A rejection would be a rare blow—the last time it happened was in 1982—to UAW leaderhip, which would be forced to head back to the bargaining table. “I don’t remember anything like this in opposition, so many ‘no’ votes, such widespread opposition,” said one union boss. Workers want further assurances from Chrysler that it will build new plants in the US and move some production work back to the States from Mexico.

United Auto Workers members leave a union technical training facility after voting on a tentative contract with Chrysler LLC in Warren, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007. UAW members at locals in Missouri, Ohio and Delaware have voted to reject a tentative contract with Chrysler following apparent concern about the fate...
United Auto Workers members leave a union technical training facility after voting on a tentative contract with Chrysler LLC in Warren, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007. UAW members at locals in Missouri,...   (Associated Press)
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)
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,...   (Associated Press)
Minivans sit on a lot along side pickup trucks outside a Chrysler assembly plant in this Feb. 14, 2007 file photo in Fenton, Mo. Wording of a tentative contract between Chrysler LLC and the United Auto Workers is raising some concerns about the future of the automaker's two plants in...
Minivans sit on a lot along side pickup trucks outside a Chrysler assembly plant in this Feb. 14, 2007 file photo in Fenton, Mo. Wording of a tentative contract between Chrysler LLC and the United Auto...   (Associated Press)
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