Judge says GM workers can sue automaker and UAW

In a case that dates back to April 30, 2011, General Motors and the United Auto Workers are being sued by 28 employees at GM's Lordstown, Ohio plant that builds the Chevrolet Cruze. The employees say that when they were hired in October, 2006 they were improperly classified as temporary workers. They were let go six months later, in April, 2007, but then rehired six months after that. When they were rehired, the workers say they were classified as and paid the same wages as permanent employees with seniority.

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