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• Late News.(Tower Automotive Inc. has agreed to withdraw its bankruptcy-court petition.)(ArvinMeritor Inc. will appeal last week's federal court ruling that blocks it from trimming retiree benefits.)(Dura Automotive Systems Inc. has retained Glass & As

  - 2006-08-28

  Tower unions OK contracts DETROIT - Tower Automotive Inc. has agreed to withdraw its bankruptcy-court petition to void labor contracts after concessions announced Friday by the UAW and the United Steelworkers of America. UAW members at Tower's Bluffton, Ohio, plant accepted a...

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• UAW exec's take on Tower talks is heartening.(United Automobile Workers is in talks with Tower Automotive Inc. about Delphi Corp.'s chapter 11 proceedings)(Brief article)

  - 2006-05-01

  It is encouraging that Tower Automotive and the UAW seem to be avoiding the animosity during reorganization talks that has complicated Delphi Corp.'s Chapter 11 proceedings. UAW Vice President Bob King says workers are willing to share the pain now if they will share...

  Tags: Delphi Corp., Tower Automotive Inc., UAW

• UAW is willing to lend Tower hand.(Tower Automotive Inc. is restructing)(United Automobile Workers)

  - 2006-04-24

  Byline: Philip Nussel, Bradford Wernle UAW Vice President Bob King, the union's top official handling supplier issues, said the union is willing to help Tower Automotive Inc. in its ongoing bankruptcy restructuring. "We're willing to share in the pain, but also share...

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• Union vote clears the way for crippling strike at Tower.(Tower Automotive Inc.)

  - 2006-02-06

  Byline: Robert Sherefkin Tower Automotive Inc. is negotiating to avoid a strike authorized last week by workers represented by the UAW and two other unions. The stakes are high because Tower's frames and suspension modules are not easily replaced, and a strike...

  Tags: Ford Motor Co., Tower Automotive Inc., UAW

• Tower and UAW ready to deal; Supplier, union expect to agree on concessions.(News)

  - 2005-12-19

  Byline: Greg Migliore Auto parts supplier Tower Automotive Inc. is asking a U.S. bankruptcy judge to set a schedule to accept or reject its union contracts and modify retirement benefits. But unlike the confrontation that has marked Delphi Corp.'s Chapter 11...

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• Botetourt County, Va., Auto-Parts Maker Rejects Union.

  - 1998-07-23

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 23--The United Auto Workers has lost a bid to unionize a Botetourt County car-parts manufacturer but continues to target another county industrial plant. Production, clerical and maintenance employees of Tower Automotive Inc. voted 46-40 this month against forming a union,...

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