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UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement with Guide Corporation

17 March 2000

UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement with Guide Corporation

    ANDERSON, Ind., March 17 UAW leaders announced that a
tentative agreement on a new contract has been reached with the Guide
Corporation.  The agreement came at 9:45 p.m. March 16.
    "We're pleased to announce this tentative national agreement for our
members at the Guide Corporation," said UAW President Stephen P. Yokich.  "Our
leadership team has again produced an agreement that we are proud to take to
the membership," Yokich stated.
    "Negotiators for the UAW and the Guide Corporation worked long hours, in a
positive manner, to reach this settlement," stated UAW Vice President Richard
Shoemaker, adding, "I am confident that the membership will appreciate the
many improvements contained in this agreement."  Shoemaker led the UAW
bargaining team at Guide and is the director of the UAW General Motors
Department.
    UAW Region 3 Director Terry Thurman, and UAW Region 5 Director Jim Wells,
also took part in the negotiations, along with local union leaders from
Local 663 in Anderson, Indiana and Local 1977 in Monroe, Louisiana.
    Details of the new agreement are being withheld pending informational
meetings with the UAW membership which are scheduled for next week.  The UAW
represents about 2,500 workers at Guide facilities in Anderson and Monroe.
The Guide Corporation manufactures lighting systems for the automotive
industry.