Local UAW members re-elected Graham, Strickland

Lordstown auto workers re-elected two longtime union leaders in voting that ended this morning.

Jim Graham was elected to his fifth term as president of United Auto Workers Local 1112, which represents workers at the car assembly plant. He was unopposed.

Graham already had been the longest-serving president in the history of the local. The terms run three years.

Ben Strickland was elected to his third term as shop chairman, who is the lead bargainer for the local. The new term would make him the second-longest serving shop chairman.

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