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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Monday, May 10, 2004 ::
Power struggle splits UAW leaders, workers By Ed Garsten / The Detroit News
PONTIAC — Members of one of Michigan’s largest and most troubled union chapters — United Auto Workers Local 594 in Pontiac — are choosing sides in a bitter power struggle that has spawned a recall campaign and a libel lawsuit.
It’s the latest in a series of controversies at UAW Local 594, which represents 5,361 workers at the General Motors Corp.’s Pontiac truck factory and its nearby engineering and design complex.
The internal strife is centered on Local 594’s shop chairman Gene Austin. Critics say Austin failed to oppose GM plans to transfer 900 union jobs from Pontiac to its Warren technical center, and that he shut UAW Local 594 President Suzanne Brown out of critical negotiations.------------------------------------------- posted 6:44 AM :: reference link ::
