UAW Says Says 57% of Members Voting in Favor of Ford Pact

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Bloomberg

By Bill Koenig

(Updates with Local 600 results in the third paragraph.)

Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The United Auto Workers said 57 percent of its members have voted in favor of a tentative four- year labor agreement with Ford Motor Co. as of 2:56 p.m. New York time.

The union said 11,666 members at Ford had cast ballots in favor of the labor deal while 8,746 voted against. The UAW didn’t specify the percentage of Ford members who have had a chance to vote. The vote will run through Oct. 18.

The updated tally came after the union said UAW Local 600, the biggest Ford local union, had voted 62 percent to 38 percent in favor of the tentative agreement. Local 600 in 2009 voted against concessions, including a strike ban during this year’s labor negotiations. The union posted the updated total results and Local 600 tally results on its Facebook page.

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