Auto union OKs Delphi contract
From Times Wire Services
United Auto Workers union members have approved a contract agreement with auto parts maker Delphi Corp. that slashes wages and allows some plant closings but preserves jobs for thousands of workers.
The ratification comes after two years of contentious negotiations and averts a threatened strike that would have crippled Delphi’s former parent, General Motors Corp.
Sixty-eight percent of the workers who voted were in favor of the new four-year pact and 32% were against it, the UAW’s leadership said.
