KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Workers at Ford Motor Co.’s Claycomo plant have overwhelmingly rejected another round of concessions.
More than 92 percent of United Auto Workers Local 249 union members said no to the plan that calls for a six year ban on strikes involving wages and benefits and freezes the pay of new employees.
Union leaders from Ford plants around the country approved the tentative agreement earlier this month.
Earlier this year, UAW members approved a series of concessions that gave up bonuses and layoff benefits.
"We'll we just voted on concessions back in February and to come back again. A lot of people thought it would be better to wait until the end of the contract which is up in 2011,” said Jeff Wright, President UAW 249.
Workers at Ford plants in Cleveland and Wayne, Mich., have approved the concessions.
The rest of workers at plants across the country will vote by Saturday, with the results to be released a few days later.
If the concessions are not approved, Ford Officials say the future of the company is not clear.
The concessions are similar to deals reached with Chrysler and General Motors, both of which have emerged from bankruptcy.
