GM workers in Lansing vote to authorize strike [View All]

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Reuters

By Jui Chakravorty

DETROIT, Aug 16 (Reuters) - General Motors Corp's (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) factory workers in Lansing, Michigan, have voted to authorize a strike if the United Auto Workers union fails to agree on a new labor contract with the automaker, the head of the union local said on Thursday.

GM, along with Ford Motor Co (F.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Chrysler LLC, is in talks with the UAW to replace a four-year contract that expires Sept. 14.

UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, who has said he was not entering the talks "in a concessionary mode," last month said a strike was a possibility.

Chris "Tiny" Sherwood, president of UAW Local 652 in Lansing, said 97 percent of the membership voted in favor of a strike.

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