United Automobile Workers leaders approved a new tentative agreement with Chrysler LLC today, clearing the way for a vote by about 45,000 Chrysler workers. But the leaders of several union locals voted against the contract, which could spell difficulties for its ratification. Several union leaders said they were concerned that the contract did not include specific promises by Chrysler for future work at their plants, beyond the vehicles they build now. The meeting of the UAW?s Chrysler Council was held at Cobo Center in Detroit. The UAW reached a tentative agreement with Chrysler last Wednesday after a six-hour strike.
See "Dissent in U.A.W. Vote on Chrysler", Micheline Maynard and Nick Bunkley, The New York Times, October 14, 2007