UAW Local 1714 reaches tentative agreement with GM

By Kalea Hall

khall@vindy.com

LORDSTOWN

Leaders from the United Auto Workers Local 1714 on Friday reached a tentative agreement for the fabrication plant workers at the General Motors Assembly Plant.

Union leaders announced the agreement on the Local 1714’s Facebook page.

“The Shop Committee and Chairperson Scott Brubaker are happy to announce that we have reached a tentative Local agreement with GM Lordstown West Management,” the announcement reads. “It has been a time consuming and sometimes difficult negotiation process consisting of marathon nights at the bargaining table. UAW leadership is confident they have negotiated an agreement that our membership will appreciate.”

Local 1714 has about 1,400 members.

Union leadership from the UAW Local 1112, which represents the nearly 2,900 assembly plant workers in Lordstown, came to a tentative agreement on the local contract Jan. 29.

Members of 1112 will vote on the tentative agreement Feb. 22-23.

Dates for the 1714 vote will be set after the contract is rolled out to the members.

“It’s been a long time coming,” said Robert Morales, UAW Local 1714 president. “I think the membership just wants to go back to building quality cars.”

Morales said some of the membership’s concerns included health and safety, training for skilled trades and job security.

“They were able to come up with an agreement for both sides to be happy with,” he said.

Both Local 1112 and Local 1714 voted in favor of the national agreement with GM in November.

Ninety percent of the Local 1112 membership voted with 72 percent approving the national pact that included pay raises across the workforce, improved health care for tier-two workers and an $8,000 signing bonus if ratified.

Eighty-seven percent of the Local 1714 membership voted on the national contract with 65 percent approving it.