UAW, GM have new labor contract
LORDSTOWN — United Auto Workers Local 1714 at the General Motors Corp. Lordstown Complex have a new local labor contract after 56 percent of voters ratified the pact early this morning.
Production workers rejected the agreement by one vote,or 50.1 percent to 49.9 pecent, local president Dave Green said. Skilled trades workers ratified it 65 percent to 35 percent.
With the vote, Green said the West Metal Center plant is ‘‘one step closer to where we need to be’’ to get GM’s commitment of a new vehicle for the plant when it ends production of the current Chevrolet Cobalt in June 2010.
Strickland says evidence needed for A.G. impeachment
COLUMBUS -- Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is leaving the door open for not going through impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Marc Dann.
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NORTH JACKSON — Repairs to a water main break near Meander Bridge and east of Lipkey Road on Mahoning Avenue here are under way this morning by the the Mahoning County Sanitary District. The break was identified at about 7 a.m. today.
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BOARDMAN — General Motors Corp. is ‘‘deeply committed’’ to having great small cars in a time of soaring gasoline prices, and it’s also pleased with the cars coming out of its Lordstown Complex, a high-ranking company executive said Thursday night.
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YOUNGSTOWN — Forum Health System is adding physicians to attract more patients and seeking better payment terms from its largest health care insurer in an effort to regain its financial health, leaders said Thursday.
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YOUNGSTOWN — Former police Detective Sgt. Ric Alli said Thursday there is a double standard in Attorney General Marc Dann’s office.
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