DAYTON, Ohio - A tentative labor agreement reached on Saturday has averted a strike by about 2,000 workers at Delphi Automotive Systems Corp.'s suspension-parts plant in suburban Kettering, officials said.

        Terms were not disclosed in the joint statement from the Troy, Mich.-based company and Local 755 of the International Union of Electronic Workers-Communication Workers of America.

        The union will conduct informational meetings on Thursday and members will vote on Friday, Delphi spokeswoman Cheryl Kilborn said.

        The union last week set a strike deadline of 11:59 p.m. Monday if contract issues were not resolved. The company would not disclose the issues.

        In March, the union issued a bulletin to workers saying the company planned to cut 65 percent of the production work force at the plant by 2004 and move much of the work to plants in India and Poland.

        The Kettering plant makes suspension modules, clutches and other parts for General Motors Corp. and other automakers.

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