Mitsubishi Motors, UAW reach tentative deal

Posted on October 7, 2015

By Eric Stock

NORMAL – Mitsubishi Motors has announced a tentative agreement on a new contract with the United Auto Workers Local 2488.

Those union members are among the more than 1-thousand workers at the plant who will be losing their jobs as the plant stops production in November. Mitsubishi plans to stop all operations by next May.

A news release says the agreement will be presented to the membership at a date yet to be determined. The union says on its Facebook page “once a venue has been secured, there will be an announcement for a meeting to present the agreement.”

Terms of the tentative agreement have not been disclosed.

The union reported progress on an agreement last week as it suspended a strike authorization vote.

A task force made up of government and business leaders is trying to find a buyer for the plant.

Eric Stock can be reached at [email protected].

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