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Cat and UAW agree, averting strike

This was some of the best news all year for Peoria:

Members of the United Auto Workers on Sunday ratified a new six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc…. By a margin of 72 percent to 28 percent, members at all seven UAW locals that represent Caterpillar workers voted to ratify the agreement, union officials said….

It was reported on the radio (1470 WMBD) that the union was ready to go on strike if a tentative agreement hadn’t been reached by the deadline — that is, they would not have approved another extension. The fact that a strike was averted in these hard financial times is a blessing not only to the families who work at Cat, but to the entire community.