Remember a few weeks ago, Rahm was boasting about the 1,100 jobs he had secured for Chicago over at the Torrence Avenue Ford Plant?
We'll call this one "counting his chickens before they're hatched:"
We'll call this one "counting his chickens before they're hatched:"
- Workers at Ford Motor Co.'s Torrence Avenue plant have overwhelmingly rejected a proposed labor contract that would add 1,100 jobs to the facility.
Of 2,317 votes cast by union members, 1,778 voted against ratifying the pact, while 539 voted for it, according to a posting by the UAW Local 551 Communications on its Facebook page. Polls closed at midnight after two days of voting.
Scott Houldieson, secretary-treasurer of UAW Local 551, said he had heard from workers that they did not like the lack of a cost-of-living allowance in the contract and the continuation of a two-tier pay scale.
- As the votes roll across the nation, union leaders have instructed members to prepare for strike if the agreement isn't ratified.
So not only are Rahm's promised jobs about to dry up, the UAW might be striking, meaning the 2,000-plus jobs already in place might be temporarily on hold until a settlement is reached.