GM's Indy plant caught in UAW pay battle

The Detroit News reports:

A General Motors Co. stamping plant here has become a battleground pitting rank-and-file UAW members against top union officials over whether autoworkers should accept pay cuts to save jobs and keep factories open.

JD Norman Industries Inc. of Addison, Ill., wants to buy and continue operating the Indianapolis Metal Center, which is to close in October 2011 as a result of GM's 2009 bankruptcy. But plant workers would have to accept a 50 percent pay cut to $15.50 an hour, from $29, in a deal negotiated by regional and national leaders of the United Auto Workers.