The union representing workers a Lear Corp. plant in Missouri that makes seats for General Motors vehicles said Thursday it reached a tentative agreement with the company, ending a strike that was in its fourth day.
About 480 workers at Lear Corp. in Wentzville who walked out at midnight Sunday are back at work. They are represented by United Auto Workers union.
“The tentative agreement reached by UAW Local 282 proves, once again, that when workers come together, fighting for fair pay, benefits and working conditions, corporate greed can be beat,” UAW Region 4 Director Brandon Campbell said.
The strike brought production to a standstill Monday at the GM plant in Wentzville, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of St. Louis, where the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize trucks, along with the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans are made.
Speaking to Wall Street analysts Thursday, Tim Brumbaugh, Lear Corp.'s vice president, investor relations said GM is “back to building vehicles this morning, so we couldn’t be more happy for GM and our employees down in Wentzville.”
About 4,600 employees work at the Wentzville GM plant.
Assembly line worker Sheila Buckley tries to keep cool while on the picket line as members of United Auto Workers Local 282 are on strike against Lear, a car and truck seat manufacturer in Wentzville, Mo. on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. The strike led to a shutdown at the nearby GM assembly plant. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
PARIS (AP) — The United States equestrian team won three more medals in Paralympics dressage on Saturday, and Fiona Howard and Rebecca Hart clinched their third gold medals of the Paris Games.
The Paralympic debutant Howard won the Grade II individual freestyle and the veteran Hart won it in Grade III. Earlier, teammate Kate Shoemaker claimed bronze in Grade IV.
Riders compete in five grades, with Grade I for the most severely impaired riders.
Howard and Hart previously won individual golds this week and helped the U.S. win the team event on Friday.
American swimmer Jessica Long extended her mammoth Paralympics medal collection to 31 with gold in the S8 100-meter butterfly.
She won in 1 minute, 10.59 seconds at La Défense Arena, finishing one second clear of Viktoriia Ishchiulova. Britain's Alice Tai was third.
The 32-year-old Long also won the women's 400 freestyle on Wednesday.
Her Paralympic career started when she was 12 and won three golds at the 2004 Athens Games.
S8 is for swimmers with the absence of limbs. Long is a double amputee.
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Jessica Long, of the U.S., waves to the crowd after winning the gold medal women's 400 freestyle S8 final during the 2024 Paris Paralympics, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Jackson Ranger)
Fiona Howard of the U.S. competes in the individual Freestyle Event - Grade II at the Château de Versailles at the 2024 Paralympics, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Kileigh Kane)
Rebecca Hart of the U.S. competes at the Individual Freestyle Event - Grade III at Château de Versailles at the 2024 Paralympics, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Kileigh Kane)
