UAW Local 645
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United Auto Workers local 645 represented manufacturing workers in the San Fernando Valley, including those at the General Motors Van Nuys Assembly plant. Under the leadership of Pete Beltran, Local 645 organized an innovative coalition to keep GM Van Nuys open and repurpose shuttered factories. The plant closed in 1992, the last auto assembly plant in southern California. The site now host an office of La Hermandad Mexicana.
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Cesar Chavez, Maxine Waters, and Pete Beltran defend GM Van Nuys
