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Magna Workers Vote for UAW Representation

30 June 2000

Magna Workers Vote for UAW Representation

    DETROIT - A majority of the 500 auto parts workers at Magna's Brighton 
Interior Systems plant have voted in favor of union representation by the 
International Union, UAW.  Union supporters won the vote by a 263 to 172 margin.  
They will join over 800 Magna workers at Magna plants in St. Louis and Excelsior 
Springs, Missouri who are presently members of the UAW.

    Union supporters were not able to win a majority vote at the company's
Versatrim plant in Howell, Michigan.  Results at the company's Auburn Hills
plant indicate a tie, with 25 workers voting in favor of union representation,
and 25 voting against.

    "While this is a great victory for Magna workers at Brighton," said UAW
President Stephen P. Yokich, "no workers anywhere should have to put up with
the law-breaking tactics used by Magna in opposing the workers' desire for
union representation."

    During the election campaign, company officials physically and verbally
assaulted workers, illegally suspended workers who wore T-shirts with the
slogan "UAW-GM Quality Network," illegally threatened to close or relocate
company operations, and committed numerous other violations of Federal labor
law.

    "Many Americans would be shocked to learn of the abuse suffered by men and
women who stand up for democracy in the workplace," said UAW Vice President
Bob King who directs the union's National Organizing Department.  "The victory
won by Magna workers today is truly impressive, given the circumstances under
which the elections were held," added King.

    In an unusual development, because of the number and nature of unfair
labor practices filed by the workers, the vote count at four Magna facilities
in Alto, Boyne City, Warren, and Troy has been delayed by the NLRB, pending
the investigation of the unfair labor practices.