AUTOS

UAW Votes to Keep Saturn Contract: United Auto Workers members voted 2 to 1 to keep their innovative contract at the Saturn Corp. plant, but the union local leader said the referendum still reflects labor tension within the company. More than 4,600 workers--88% of Saturn’s rank-and-file--voted on whether to keep the one-of-a-kind labor contract at the General Motors Corp. subsidiary. The agreement encourages worker participation in management decisions and bonuses and is unlike master agreements with the Big Three auto makers. But dissident UAW members forced the referendum. The vote was 3,321 to 1,366 to keep the current contract and to add a skilled trades representative to the union’s bargaining committee.