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Local GM workers ready to strike

Jeremy W. Steele
Lansing State Journal

Local UAW leaders plan to have pickets on hand at General Motors Corp.'s two biggest Lansing-area plants if the union goes through with a strike.
If a deal on a new contract with the Detroit automaker isn't reached by 11 a.m., Chris "Tiny" Sherwood, president of Local 652 in Lansing, said union workers will walk off their jobs.
"We're getting ready to shut the place down," said Sherwood, whose members represent workers at GM's Lansing Grand River assembly plant and the Lansing Regional Stamping plant in Delta Township.
Sherwood said he expects to have about 40 members picketing at gates to Lansing Grand River and Lansing Delta Township.
Those ranks could grow as volunteers join the picket lines.
"We've been told unless they tell us no, we're a go," Sherwood said.
The Lansing Grand River plant makes the Cadillac CTS, STS and SRX. Lansing Delta Township workers build the Saturn Outlook, GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave - crossover vehicles GM has touted as among its hottest-selling vehicles.
The stamping facility is adjacent to the Delta plant. GM also operates the Lansing Service Parts facility.
Contact Jeremy W. Steele at 377-1015 or jwsteele@lsj.com.