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Owen Bieber, UAW leader during rocky '80s, early '90s, dies

Owen Bieber, UAW president from 1983-1995, left, speaks about outgoing UAW president Ron Gettelfinger during the UAW 35th Constitutional Convention at Cobo Hall in Detroit in 2010. (BLOOMBERG)
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By:
Bill Koenig
February 17, 2020 06:16 PM

Owen Bieber, who led the UAW in negotiating landmark labor deals that expanded health care coverage and job protections, helping to ease the pain for workers during a turbulent period as Detroit automakers battled economic downturns and the rise of Japanese and European brands, died on Monday, the union said in a statement. He was 90.

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