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Workers approve GM pact

Lordstown union vote is 56 percent in favor. 2 locals still on strike

By Greg Bensinger
Bloomberg News

General Motors Corp. workers at an Ohio plant that produces stamped metal parts ratified their local contract, the 14th such approval at the automaker's U.S. factories.

The vote at the Lordstown plant was 56 percent in favor, said United Auto Workers Local 1714 on its Web site. Dave Green, the local's president, didn't immediately respond to a voice-mail message seeking a comment.

GM, the world's largest automaker, moves a step closer to gaining ratified contracts at 77 U.S. locations, after the UAW ratified a national agreement in October. Two locals are on strike against the Detroit-based company over such accords, and others have threatened to walk off the job.

The local contracts cover such issues as plant work rules, job placement, site-specific medical coverage and maintenance duties. GM also has an assembly plant in Lordstown.

UAW Local 730 at a metal-stamping plant in Grand Rapids, Mich., said on its Web site that it reached a tentative local agreement with GM. Workers there threatened to strike last month before extending negoti
ations.

Talks are continuing at the Lansing/Delta Township factory in Michigan and the Fairfax plant in Kansas where workers are on strike, company spokesman Dan Flores said.

The walkouts began April 17 in Lansing and May 5 at Fairfax.

The Kansas strike affects Chevrolet Malibu and Saturn Aura sedans, which increased U.S. sales a combined 33 percent this year through April as GM's total fell 12 percent.

The company might lose production of about 930 of the cars a day because of the walkout, based on average daily output through April.

In Lansing, GM lost production of as many as 8,000 GMC Acadia, Saturn Outlook and Buick Enclave sport-utility vehicles through April, company sales chief Mark LaNeve said on May 1.

GM fell 86 cents, or 4.1 percent, to $20.29. The shares have declined 18 percent this year.

General Motors Corp. workers at an Ohio plant that produces stamped metal parts ratified their local contract, the 14th such approval at the automaker's U.S. factories.

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