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Lear Corp. plans to invest $7M in Portage facility
2014-12-12 10:46:41| Automakers - Topix.net
A Southfield, Michigan, company that makes automotive seating and electrical distribution systems has announced plans to spend $7.3 million to lease and equip a new 93,000 square-foot facility in northwestern Indiana. Lear Corp. says it plans to create up to 96 jobs at the facility in Portage, 30 miles east of Chicago.
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UAW workers to vote on proposed Lear Corp contract
2014-09-21 21:26:11| Automakers - Topix.net
Workers at a northwestern Indiana Lear Corp. plant that makes automotive seats are preparing to vote on a tentative agreement that ended a one-day strike. United Auto Workers spokesman Sam Knowles says about 760 union members will begin voting Sunday afternoon on the tentative contract.
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UAW deal with Lear would shed two-tier wages at Ind. plant
2014-09-16 05:33:16| Automakers - Topix.net
The agreement that ended a one-day strike at a Lear Corp. seat plant supplying Ford Motor Co. in Chicago would get rid of a wage structure that pays new-hires less than their veteran colleagues, a union official said.
Hundreds of workers on strike at Lear Corp. plant
2014-09-13 17:01:40| Automakers - Topix.net
Hundreds of workers demanding higher wages walked off the job Saturday at a Lear Corp. plant in northwest Indiana that makes automotive seats, beginning a strike that could affect a major Ford assembly plant in Chicago. The plant, in Hammond, employs 760 workers making seats for the Explorer and Taurus models produced at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant.
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Lear factory investment will create more than 100 North-East jobs
2014-09-09 13:38:55| Automakers - Topix.net
US automotive manufacturer Lear Corporation plans to create 100 jobs as part of a multi-million pound investment to more than double the size of one of its Sunderland factories. Lear is extending its plant on Sunderland City Council's Rainton Bridge Industrial Estate by a further 3,500sq m to house additional production equipment and support growing UK automotive seating foam business.
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