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General Motors has named a new UAW labor negotiator as longtime labor boss Scott Sandefur moves to a new role.
Doneen McDowell, 50, replaced Sandefur, 58, as vice president of General Motors North America Labor Relations effective Monday.
McDowell is currently the executive director for manufacturing SUV and Car Group. Sandefur will take over a new role as vice president of Manufacturing Workforce Strategy until he retires.
McDowell is the fourth woman to lead GM labor relations. Diana Tremblay was one of the most notable recent women to do so from 2006 through 2009. She negotiated the historic 2007 contract that created the VEBA, which is a UAW managed hourly retiree health care fund.