WARREN, MICH. — Chrysler workers at two of four key United Auto Workers union locals voting Wednesday approved a new contract with the company, the presidents of the locals said.
Local 140 President Melvin Thompson said 78 percent of those voting approved the tentative agreement and 22 percent opposed it. Thompson said 1,961 of his 2,600 members voted on the pact.
Local 140 represents workers at Chrysler’s Warren Truck Assembly plant.
In nearby Sterling Heights, 82 percent of production workers at Local 1264 approved the tentative agreement, local president Bob Stuglin said.
The tentative agreement must be ratified by a majority of members to go into effect.
The fate of the agreement could be decided by the four locals scheduled to vote Wednesday. The locals, at assembly and stamping plants in Sterling Heights and Warren, represent more than 8,600 workers, or roughly 19 percent of the 45,000 workers who would be covered.
