Ford workers reject contract changes

By DEE-ANN DURBIN - AP Auto Writers - Associated Press

Saturday, October 31, 2009

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DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. workers have overwhelmingly rejected contract changes that would have allowed the automaker to cut its labor costs.

The United Auto Workers union had given local plants until this Monday to complete voting. But a person briefed on the voting said Saturday that the contract changes have been rejected. The person asked not to be named because the UAW hasn't announced the results yet.

The UAW and Ford agreed to the contract changes several weeks ago, but Ford workers needed to ratify them. Ford has 41,000 UAW-represented workers.

Two large unions in Kentucky and Ford's home city of Dearborn, Mich., rejected the contract Friday, sealing its fate. Those unions together represent 13,000 Ford workers.

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