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NUMMI workers ratify severance deal

Fri, 03/19/2010 - 07:41 by Shruti Sharma

Fremont, Calif. -- United Auto Workers Local 2244 in Fremont, Calif., voted to approve a severance package with reluctance, as it signals an end to jobs, union leaders said.

The $281 million severance deal that covers 3,700 workers at the NUMMI car factory will pay an average of $54,000 per worker, but it pays 300 disabled workers only $21,175, the San Jose Mercury News reported Thursday.

"The tentative agreement has been ratified," UAW bargaining committee Javier Contreras said.

Ninety percent of the union members voted for the agreement that union president Sergio Santos said "will never replace the loss of our jobs."

New GM will have no stake in NUMMI plant

Tue, 06/30/2009 - 16:54 by Jamie Anderson

California, June 30: Two of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers failed to agree on which vehicles to build at New Union Motor Manufacturing Incorporated plant, popularly known as NUMMI.