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SuppliersUAW Makes Gains in Northwestern MichiganUAW Makes Gains in Northwestern Michigan
The United Auto Workers union has struggled to find new membership since its heyday in the ’60s and ’70s, but it is making inroads in some unlikely areas: one of them appears to be Northwestern Michigan. In recent months it has won organizing votes or inked contracts with three of the largest auto suppliers in the Traverse City area: Tower Automotive Inc., Eagle Picher and a large Lear Corp. plant