UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement with International Truck and Engine

Wednesday, December 12, 2007 -- UAW negotiators reached a tentative agreement on a three-year contract with International Truck and Engine Corp. (ITE) at 11 a.m. (EST) today.

The pact will cover more than 4,000 UAW members at 11 local unions around the country who make medium- and light-duty truck engines and Navistar medium-duty trucks.

“Our negotiating team did an outstanding job bringing these talks to a successful close,” said UAW Vice President General Holiefield, who directs the union’s Heavy Trucks Department. “They stood up to the company’s demands and came away with an agreement that protects jobs, wages and health care benefits for our membership.”

The Navistar Policy Committee, made up of bargainers from each of the 11 locals, also secured a moratorium on outsourcing, plant closures, spin-offs or sales during the term of the agreement.

“Job security was the top priority for our members at ITE,” said UAW President Ron Gettelfinger. “The bargainers held firm in insisting on these moratoriums that will benefit not only themselves, but also the communities where they live and work.

“Our team had the support and assistance of the UAW regional directors who service ITE facilities,” said Gettelfinger. “We are all very pleased with this agreement and are recommending it to the membership for ratification.”

The last agreement expired Oct. 1 and bargaining stalled later that month. UAW members struck ITE on Oct. 23 over the company’s unfair labor practices. The strike remains in effect until members vote on the proposed contract later this week.

Workers covered by the tentative agreement are members of UAW Local 98 at the ITE Indianapolis Engine Plant; Local 226 at Indianapolis Casting Corp.; Local 2274, who are ITE clerical and technical workers in Indianapolis; Local 2911 at Fort Wayne (Ind.) Engineering; Local 402 at the ITE Springfield Assembly Plant in Springfield, Ohio; Local 658, who are ITE clerical and technical workers in Springfield; Local 6 at the ITE Engine Plant in Melrose Park, Ill.; Local 2293, who are clerical and technical workers in Melrose Park; Local 472 at the ITE Parts Distribution Center (PDC) in Atlanta; Local 119 at the ITE PDC in Dallas, and Local 1872 at the ITE PDC in York, Pa.

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Source: International Union, UAW

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