It’s amazing what the UAW can accomplish through “negotiations”.

Ford Motor Co (F.N) agreed to keep three U.S. plants open and delay closing another two as part of a tentative four-year contract with the United Auto Workers unanimously endorsed by union officials on Monday.

The endorsement sets the stage for a ratification vote by some 58,000 UAW-represented Ford workers expected to conclude by next Monday without the kind of deep-seated division that marked debate over the union’s earlier deal with Chrysler LLC.

Under the tentative deal, Ford pulled back from a plan to close six U.S. facilities that it had not yet identified, sparing three U.S. assembly plants from closure.

I guess the UAW got a little skittish after Chysler announced they were cutting jobs and scrapping models right after their contract was ratified. I wonder if Ford will just close different plants, or cut jobs at them, like Chrysler? It wouldn’t surprise me.

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