STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — Striking workers reached a tentative contract Monday at a General Dynamics division that builds tanks and other equipment for the military, a union official said.

        About 720 workers who walked out a week ago over health care and pensions will not go back until the agreement is ratified by the rank-and-file, said Heather Parry, a member of the United Auto Workers. No date for the vote was announced.

        She said the UAW's General Dynamics Council will vote Wednesday on whether to recommend that the rank-and-file ratify the proposal.

        Several calls to a General Dynamics spokeswoman were not returned Monday. The strike affected employees at the company's Sterling Heights headquarters, 470 employees at a battle tank factory in Lima, Ohio, and workers at a tank parts facility in Eynon, Pa.

        Details of the contract were not released.

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