GM Lordstown unions send water to Flint, Mich.
GM Lordstown unions send water to Flint, Mich.
LORDSTOWN
The United Auto Workers Locals 1724 and 1112 at the General Motors Assembly Plant here are collecting water for the city of Flint, Mich.
Members of the UAW from around Michigan have been donating truckloads of water to Flint residents affected by the city’s water emergency, according to mlive.com.
The Flint Assembly UAW Local 598 is the contact for the local union leaders of the GM Lordstown plant.
The plan is for Local 1112 President Glenn Johnson and Local 1714 President Robert Morales to drive the donated water bottles to Flint on Feb. 3.
“There’s kids and families that are in desperate situations,” Johnson said. “It’s the right thing to do. [Water is] a commodity. People need it.”
GM-UAW talks
LORDSTOWN
Progress is being made in contract talks between the United Auto Workers and the General Motors Lordstown Complex.
“At this point, both sides are sitting down and having a dialogue. That is progress. The important thing is that both sides realize that an agreement has to be reached,” said Robert Morales, president of UAW Local 1714, which represents about 1,300 employees at GM Lordstown.
“We love to come to work and build a great quality product, but the membership is 100 percent behind their leadership in ensuring that the work rules are fair and equitable,” said Glenn Johnson, president of UAW Local 1112, which has about 3,000 members at the Lordstown complex.
No special union membership meetings have been scheduled beyond regular monthly meetings, the union officials said.
Justices side with Ohio landowners on drilling leases
COLUMBUS
The Ohio Supreme Court has sided with landowners in a long-running legal battle over 700 disputed oil-and-gas leases in southern and eastern Ohio.
In a 4-3 decision Thursday, the court ruled that Beck Energy Corp.’s leases require the company to begin preparing to drill within 10 years in order to maintain control of the properties. The energy company had argued it needed more time.
Thursday’s divided decision restores a trial court determination that voided leases for five Monroe County landowners.
Judge’s comments could end GM ignition-switch trial
NEW YORK
A trial aimed at defining settlement options for hundreds of lawsuits stemming from General Motors Co.’s faulty ignition switches could end abruptly after a judge cast doubt Thursday on the claims of an Oklahoma man whose air bags didn’t inflate when his car crashed in 2014.
General Motors, referred to sometimes in the case as New GM, should be entitled to dispute the claims of Robert Scheuer with new evidence it has unearthed raising questions about his testimony, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman said.
Wire reports
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