PRINTER'S NO. 352
No. 32 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY McHALE, RITTER, D. W. SNYDER, PRESSMANN, GRUPPO,
FREEMAN, SEMMEL, RYBAK, ARGALL AND YANDRISEVITS, FEBRUARY 23,
1987
ADOPTED, FEBRUARY 23, 1987
A RESOLUTION
1 Urging the Executive Board of the United Auto Workers
2 International to make every reasonable effort to negotiate a
3 mutually satisfactory contract agreement between U.A.W. Local
4 677 and Mack Trucks, Inc.
5 WHEREAS, The United Auto Workers International Union is
6 currently negotiating a mutually satisfactory collective
7 bargaining agreement between U.A.W. Local 677 and Mack Trucks,
8 Inc.; and
9 WHEREAS, Such an agreement will ensure the continued presence
10 of Mack Trucks as an industrial leader in the Lehigh Valley and
11 in Pennsylvania; and
12 WHEREAS, Mack Trucks, with 4,700 employees in Allentown and
13 Macungie, Lehigh County, production facilities as well as its
14 Allentown World Headquarters, is a cornerstone of the economic
15 foundation of the Lehigh Valley. Families depend on Mack,
16 businesses depend on Mack and the entire community depends on
17 Mack; and
18 WHEREAS, Such an agreement will encourage plant renovation
1 and future economic development by Mack in the Lehigh Valley;
2 and
3 WHEREAS, The members of Local 677, who have dedicated their
4 lives to their company and their union, have approved a
5 tentative contract by an overwhelming margin; and
6 WHEREAS, The U.A.W. Executive board, meeting February 24,
7 1987, in St. Louis, can secure the future of Mack Trucks in
8 Pennsylvania with its approval of a carefully considered and
9 balanced agreement; therefore be it
10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
11 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the Executive Board of the
12 U.A.W. International to make every reasonable effort to
13 negotiate a mutually satisfactory contract between Local 677 and
14 Mack Trucks; and be it further
15 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be sent to Owen
16 Bieber, president of the United Auto Workers International,
17 Detroit, Michigan.
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