Striking United Auto Workers overwhelmingly approved on Sunday anew four-year contract at the Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing ofAmerica plant in Downstate Normal.
The new contract was ratified by 83 percent of the roughly 2,200workers who voted, said Justin West, president of UAW Local 2488.
He said the contract covers about 2,900 full- and part-timeworkers, adding that Sunday's vote ended the first strike called bythe union at the Mitsubishi plant.
"We have a contract," West said. He said workers, who walked offthe job on Friday, were expected to begin returning to work Sundaynight.
The new contract includes a 3 percent raise that takes effect nextmonth …
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