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[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]UAW Workers Accept CNH Global Offer
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Union workers who have been
locked out of CNH Global NV (CNH.N) facilities for almost four
months approved a new contract on Saturday with the farm
equipment maker and will return to work next week, the company
said.
CNH said the workers, who unanimously rejected the
company's previous offer in May, were expected back on Monday
morning and no later than the end of Tuesday.
"We are pleased that our UAW-represented employees ratified
the contract and are returning to work," Tom Graham, CNH lead
negotiator, said in a statement. "The agreement is good for the
company, our employees, our dealers and the communities in
which we do business."
The company, majority-owned by Italian carmaker Fiat SpA
(FIA.MI), did not provide details of the contract deal.
The United Auto Workers represents about 650 workers at
four locations. Most work in Racine, Wisconsin, and Burlington,
Iowa, making farm tractors and backhoe loaders, respectively. A
further 33 workers are at a parts distribution center in St.
Paul, Minnesota, and 11 technicians work at an engineering
center in Burr Ridge, Illinois.
The workers have been without a contract since May 2, when
the previous six-year contract expired and UAW members rejected
what the company then called its final offer.
The UAW went on strike in early November. Although the
strike was called off 19 days later, CNH declared an impasse in
contract talks and locked out workers. The company resumed
production using salaried and replacement workers.
CNH, based in Lake Forest, Illinois, has 10,000 employees in North
America and 26,800 worldwide.
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]UAW Workers Accept CNH Global Offer
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Union workers who have been
locked out of CNH Global NV (CNH.N) facilities for almost four
months approved a new contract on Saturday with the farm
equipment maker and will return to work next week, the company
said.
CNH said the workers, who unanimously rejected the
company's previous offer in May, were expected back on Monday
morning and no later than the end of Tuesday.
"We are pleased that our UAW-represented employees ratified
the contract and are returning to work," Tom Graham, CNH lead
negotiator, said in a statement. "The agreement is good for the
company, our employees, our dealers and the communities in
which we do business."
The company, majority-owned by Italian carmaker Fiat SpA
(FIA.MI), did not provide details of the contract deal.
The United Auto Workers represents about 650 workers at
four locations. Most work in Racine, Wisconsin, and Burlington,
Iowa, making farm tractors and backhoe loaders, respectively. A
further 33 workers are at a parts distribution center in St.
Paul, Minnesota, and 11 technicians work at an engineering
center in Burr Ridge, Illinois.
The workers have been without a contract since May 2, when
the previous six-year contract expired and UAW members rejected
what the company then called its final offer.
The UAW went on strike in early November. Although the
strike was called off 19 days later, CNH declared an impasse in
contract talks and locked out workers. The company resumed
production using salaried and replacement workers.
CNH, based in Lake Forest, Illinois, has 10,000 employees in North
America and 26,800 worldwide.