Meritor Announces New UAW Contracts For Wisconsin, Ohio Plants
30 September 1997
Meritor Announces New UAW Contracts For Wisconsin, Ohio PlantsTROY, Mich., Sept. 30 -- Meritor Automotive, Inc., the 90-year-old automotive unit of Rockwell International, which on October 1 will complete its spin-off from Rockwell and officially emerge as an independent company, has announced the ratification of new three-year labor contracts involving two of its U.S. manufacturing facilities. On Friday, September 26, the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agriculture Implement Workers of America (UAW) ratified a new three year Master Agreement involving the company's Oshkosh, Wisconsin and Newark, Ohio manufacturing plants. Local agreements with UAW Local 291 in Oshkosh and UAW Local 1037 in Newark were reached earlier. Meritor is a leading global supplier of a broad range of components and systems for commercial, specialty and light vehicles. Meritor employs more than 16,000 people at 58 manufacturing, research and sales facilities in 15 countries. Based in Troy, Michigan, Meritor serves more than 800 original equipment manufacturers of automobiles, light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks and other vehicles. It reported 1996 sales of $3.1 billion, with 44 percent of those sales to international customers. The company comprises two businesses: Heavy Vehicle Systems, a leading supplier of drivetrain systems and components for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, trailers, off-highway equipment and specialty vehicles including military, bus and coach, and fire and rescue; and Light Vehicle Systems, a major supplier of roof, door, access control and seat adjusting systems, electric motors and electronic controls, suspension systems and wheels for passenger cars, light trucks and sport utility vehicles. SOURCE Meritor Automotive, Inc.