The United Automobile Workers union has come face to face with a protest vote by its members at Chrysler over a tentative labor agreement at the automaker, clouding its chances of winning approval. Workers at all four big assembly plants where voting has taken place have rejected the contract, including three over the weekend. However, the agreement has been approved at some smaller factories, and still has a good chance of ratification. With more than half of Chrysler?s work force yet to vote, a tally of available results compiled by The New York Times indicated that slightly more workers had voted in favor of the deal. The tally was based on figures made public by individual union locals, and in some cases, on estimates from percentages provided by the locals. The UAW has not released any official results.
See "Chrysler Deal in Question as Several Locals Vote No", Micheline Maynard, The New York Times, October 22, 2007