Wildcat Strike Slows Chrysler

Tue., Feb. 20, 1996

From Staff And Wire Reports

Chrysler Corp. said almost all 4,100 employees at a factory in a Detroit suburb remained off the job Monday, the result of a wildcat strike that began Saturday after two local union leaders were fired.

The Warren, Mich., plant makes pickup trucks, Chrysler’s most-popular vehicle.

The United Auto Workers International Union late today urged the workers to return to their jobs, saying the strike wasn’t authorized by the international union. The UAW is willing to continue meeting with Chrysler to resolve the situation, the union said in a statement.

However, Chrysler won’t hold formal talks with the UAW “to settle the matter until the workers return to their jobs and the facility is back in operation,” UAW Vice President Jack Laskowski said. Company officials met with regional union officials earlier in the day.

Chrysler spokesman Tony Cervone said he couldn’t estimate when workers would return. He said predicting the course of a wildcat strike - one conducted by a single local and not authorized by the parent union - is difficult. The UAW contract with Chrysler forbids wildcat strikes.

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