JAE C. HONG / Associated Press
Chris Hopkins (left) and Pat Dunlay visited at the United Auto Workers convention in Las Vegas. Members voted yesterday to tap a $914 million strike fund to pay for recruiting new members. An amendment to the union's constitution, approved overwhelmingly by voice vote, allows the international leadership to spend up to $60 million from the strike fund mainly for organizing efforts during the four years between conventions. Officials say the union has recruited about 66,000 new members since its last convention in 2002, with 42,000 coming from the traditional manufacturing sector and 24,000 from other areas.
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