GM Union Contract Nears Ratification With Big Win at Texas Plant
- Arlington workers approve pact while plant in Indiana rejects
- Slim majority of tallied votes overall have backed UAW deal
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General Motors Co. moved closer to ratification of its tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers after employees at the company’s Arlington, Texas, plant voted in favor of the deal.
The vote looked tenuous after workers at a large pickup truck plant in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, rejected the pact by a more-than-60% margin. But the Arlington ballot and victories at smaller facilities mean that the union had climbed to 54% approval with voting concluded at most of its plants.