Official count: Indy UAW Local 23 rejects negotiation w/ JD Norman 457-96

[Hannah Bell]

United Auto Workers Local 23 voted 457 to 96 against a contract with Illinois-based JD Norman Industries, union observers said Monday...The Norman Industries contract would have cut unskilled (FALSE, WOULD HAVE CUT ALL THE WORKERS' WAGES) workers' wages by about 50 percent, to $15.50 per hour. UAW national officials promoted the contract as a way to keep the plant open and grow the membership in Indianapolis. Davison has said in the past that he hoped under Norman Industries' ownership, employment would grow from less than 650 to 2,000...

Shotwell, who is also co-founder of Soldiers of Solidarity, a UAW dissident group that lobbies against workers accepting concessions, said the local rank-and-file recognized that any additional work for the Indianapolis plant would come at the expense of other GM plants. UAW members from various locals converged on Indianapolis on Saturday for a rally at the Region 3 headquarters, said Shotwell, who attended the rally.


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