The UAW's agreement with General Motors is on the way to ratification after workers at Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly, three facilities in Pontiac and plants in Wentzville, Mo., and Spring Hill, Tenn., gave it solid majorities yesterday, the Detroit Free Press reported today. The vote had been close until late Wednesday. About 700 members, 54 percent of UAW Local 22 members at Detroit-Hamtramck voted yes while 581 voted no. Similar to the pattern at most plants, production workers backed it by even larger majorities, but most skilled trades people voted no. But the biggest force pushing the deal toward passage came from about 3,500 workers at GM's midsize truck plant in Wentzville, Mo., where 57 percent voted in favor, as a strong majority of production workers more than offset opposition from skilled trades.
