1.   A Ford seat plant in Chesterfield Township, Michigan, began making front seats for the Expedition last week.

2.   Johnson Controls Inc. said it and the United Auto Workers reached tentative contract agreements today that would end strikes at two seat plants in Michigan and Ohio.

3.   Johnson Controls Inc. union workers at two automotive seat plants went on strike this morning, threatening production at Ford Motor Co. light truck assembly plants.

4.   Johnson Controls Inc. union workers at two automotive seat plants went on strike today, forcing Ford Motor Co. to halt shipments from two light truck assembly plants.

5.   Johnson Controls Inc. said it reached a tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers union that would end strikes at two seat plants in Michigan and Ohio.

6.   Mitic said the workers wanted wage parity with Lear workers at a seat plant in Whitby, Ontario.

7.   The sides have been unable to agree on their first contract since the UAW won the right to represent workers at the seat plants last year.

8.   The UAW won the right to represent the workers at the two seat plants last year after an employee survey.

9.   It also increased supply of front seats from its own seat plant at Chesterfield, Michigan.