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UAW leaders back Chrysler agreement
Associated Press
Published October 16, 2007
DETROIT - There was some dissent and a lot of questions, but in the end, local United Auto Workers leaders voted to recommend approval of a new four-year contract with Chrysler LLC that is similar to one ratified last week with General Motors Corp. UAW president Ron Gettelfinger said the deal was approved overwhelmingly by voice vote among several hundred local union presidents and bargaining committee chairs. The vote clears the way for the union to present the pact to about 45,000 Chrysler workers covered by the contract, and balloting was expected to get under way in the next day or two. The deal will cut what Chrysler says is about a $28-per-hour labor cost disparity with its Japanese competitors.
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