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UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement With Lear Corporation

21 April 2000

UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement With Lear Corporation

    DETROIT, April 20 The UAW has reached tentative agreement
on a new contract with the Lear Corporation.
    "The UAW leadership is pleased to announce this tentative agreement on a
new contract for our members at the Lear Corporation," UAW President
Stephen P. Yokich stated.
    The tentative agreement covers about 1,500 UAW members at two Lear
facilities in Michigan.  The UAW members are represented by UAW Local 5960 in
Lake Orion and UAW Local 1231 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
    "I'm confident that our members in Local 1231 and Local 5960 will be
pleased with the work of their bargaining team," said UAW Vice President
Richard Shoemaker.  Shoemaker, who directs the UAW GM Department, led UAW
negotiators at Lear.
    UAW Region 1 Director Ken Terry and UAW Region 1D Director George Andros
took part in the negotiations, along with the elected bargaining committees
from the two locations.
    Details of the new agreement are being with held pending membership
information meetings that are scheduled for next week.  The UAW members at
these Lear locations manufacture seating systems for the automotive industry.

    For more information, contact Roger Kerson, UAW Public Relations
Department, 313-926-5291.