PRESS RELEASE

UAW Members Ratify New Agreement with Delco Remy America, Inc.

31 March 1997
UAW Members Ratify New Agreement with Delco Remy America, Inc.

    DETROIT, March 28 -- The new collective bargaining agreement
between the UAW and Delco Remy America, Inc. has been ratified by an
overwhelming majority.  More than 96 percent of those voting at UAW Local 662
in Anderson, Indiana and UAW Local 2185 in Meridian, Mississippi, approved the
new four year contract in voting which concluded Thursday night.
    The announcement was made today by UAW President Stephen P. Yokich, Vice
President Richard Shoemaker, Region 3 Director Ron Gettelfinger and Region 8
Director Bobby Lee Thompson.
    "This fine new agreement reflects a productive relationship between the
UAW and Delco Remy America, Inc.," Shoemaker stated.  Shoemaker directs the
UAW GM Department which has collective bargaining responsibility for Delco
Remy America, Inc.
    "We look forward to working with the company to solidify that relationship
and to contribute to the company's success," Shoemaker added.
    UAW-represented workers at Delco Remy America will receive an up-front
$2,000 lump-sum payment, followed by 3 percent general wage increases in
September 1997 and September 1998.  For the remainder of the Agreement, wages
and economic benefits will track the 1999 UAW-GM contract.
    As before, these economic gains will be protected against inflation by
cost-of-living allowances (COLA).  The new agreement also strengthens job and
income security protections.
    Health care, pensions, health and safety protections and other benefits
are improved under the new contract.  The new contract also provides both
active and retired UAW-Delco Remy America workers up to $1,000 a year in
tuition assistance for each dependent child enrolled in an accredited college
or post-secondary technical school, as well as up to $1,000 a year in tuition
for assistance for retirees.
    The new contract is a national agreement covering a total of approximately
1,600 UAW-represented workers in Anderson, Indiana and Meridian, Mississippi.
It is the first new agreement between the UAW and Delco Remy American, Inc.,
since the facilities were sold by General Motors in 1994.  Previously, UAW
members at Delco Remy America were covered under the terms of the UAW-GM
National Agreement.

SOURCE  United Auto Workers
CONTACT: Reg McGhee of UAW Public Relations, 313-926-5291