United Auto Workers locals in Michigan and Illinois overwhelmingly have approved a new contract with Ford Motor Co., the local union presidents said Friday. Eighty-two percent of those who voted from Local 898, which represents about 1,200 workers at Ford's Rawsonville plant in Ypsilanti Township, supported the new four-year deal, while 75 percent of the 900 union members at Local 588 at a Chicago stamping plant were in favor. Dozens of locals at plants across the U.S. are voting on the pact through the weekend. The agreement was reached in the early morning hours of Nov. 3 after a nearly two-day bargaining session at Ford's Dearborn headquarters.
See "2 United Auto Workers locals vote in favor of Ford contract", Associated Press, International Herald Tribune, November 11, 2007