No Strike At Mansfield Plant
05/15/2008 05:29:19
DETROIT (AP) -- Workers at a General Motors plant in Ohio have withdrawn a threat to strike.
GM spokesman Dan Flores said yesterday that the United Auto Workers Local 549 won't go on strike this morning as planned at the stamping plant near Mansfield, Ohio. Union leaders at the plant are continuing to negotiate a local contract with GM.
A message seeking comment was left with UAW Local 549 President Pam Drake.
Meanwhile, GM has canceled health care and life insurance benefits for striking workers at its Delta Township assembly plant near Lansing, Michigan. Workers there have been on strike since April 17th.
Flores says it is within the company's rights to discontinue benefits during the strike.
Workers also are striking over local issues in Kansas City, Kansas. GM could cancel benefits at that plant as early as June 1st.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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