Eagle Picher Workers in Traverse City Vote to Join UAW

    DETROIT, May 25 A majority of workers at Eagle Picher, an
automotive supplier in Traverse City, Michigan, have voted to join the UAW.
Workers voted in favor of union representation by a 183-103 margin, in a
May 24 election supervised by the National Labor Relations Board.
    "Workers at Eagle Picher in Traverse City deserve our thanks and
congratulations for standing up for their rights during a hard-fought
campaign," said UAW President Stephen P. Yokich.  "The strong margin of 'yes'
votes in favor of UAW representation shows how important it is for workers to
have a voice in today's automotive supplier industry."
    This is the third UAW organizing victory at Eagle Picher auto supplier
facilities during the past ten months.  Workers at the company's Hillsdale
Tool facility in Hillsdale, Michigan, voted to join the UAW in August 2000 by
a 340 to 291 margin.
    In March of this year, workers at Eagle Picher's Wolverine Gasket facility
in Blacksburg, Virginia, voted in favor of UAW representation by a 174 to 89
margin.
    "Ten months ago, our union had just 17 members who worked at Eagle Picher,
at a single facility in Inkster, Michigan," said UAW Vice President Bob King,
who directs the union's National Organizing Department.  "Today, we have more
than 1,200 members who work for Eagle Picher at four facilities."
    "The UAW is committed to working with Eagle Picher to develop a positive
partnership that can improve product quality, worker productivity, and the
quality of lives of workers and their families," said King.  "We are also
committed to assisting workers throughout the automotive supply industry who
want to form their own unions.  At Eagle Picher and at other employers,
forming a union is the best way to have a real voice when it comes to pay,
pensions, health care, health and safety, and other important workplace
issues."

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