More Ford workers vote against changes

Tue. October 27, 2009; Posted: 02:22 PM

Oct 27, 2009 (Detroit Free Press - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- ZZGAF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- A majority of voters at another UAW unit has voted to reject proposed contract changes at Ford, another sign that opposition to the agreement is widespread.

On Monday, 80% of workers at UAW Local 228, which represents more than 2,000 workers at Ford's axle plant in Sterling Heights, voted to reject the proposal, according to Brian Pannebecker, a worker at the plant, who favored the agreement.

"Now we are going to be putting ourselves at a labor cost disadvantage with Chrysler and GM, just like we were with Toyota and Honda five years ago, not to mention possibly losing work that could have stayed here," Pannebecker said in an e-mail to the Free Press.

But many other workers at UAW Local 228 and other UAW units across the country oppose the contract.

On Monday, the Free Press learned that three other UAW Locals also have voted against the contract, including workers at Ford's Kansas City Assembly Plant, who rejected the contract with 92% voting no.

Workers at two UAW local units, including UAW Local 900 in Wayne and workers represented by UAW Local 1250 in Brook Park, Ohio, have voted in favor of the deal.

The UAW represents 41,000 workers at Ford. Final ratification is based on a simple majority of the total votes cast by two separate classes: production workers and skilled-trades workers.

Contact BRENT SNAVELY: 313-222-6512 or bsnavely@freepress.com

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