Local 1112 ratifies national agreement with GM

LORDSTOWN — Members of United Auto Workers Local 1112 have ratified the tentative national agreement with General Motors Co.

Local 1112, which assembles the Chevrolet Cruze, voted emphatically in favor of the four-year pact, which includes a $5,000 signing bonus per worker, slight wage increases for Tier 2 workers and simplified profit-sharing calculations.

Seventy-four percent of production workers voted in favor of the contract; so did 69 percent of skilled trades workers.

Local 1112 has approximately 3,500 members.

Local 1714, which has 1,450 members, ratified the national vote on Saturday, with 57 percent of workers voting in favor of the contract.

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