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Negotiations between the Canadian Auto Workers’ union and Ford resulted in a tentative deal concerning the new four-year contract between the workers and the automaker, averting the proposed strike that would start on Monday midnight if a deal couldn't be reached.
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CAW Strikes a Deal with Ford, Gives GM and Chrysler More Time to Make Up Their Minds
Negotiations between the Canadian Auto Workers’ union and Ford resulted in a tentative deal concerning the new four-year contract between the workers and the automaker, averting the proposed strike that would start on Monday midnight if a deal couldn't be reached.
Though the deal still needs to be ratified by the union members, it includes creating 600 new jobs, modifying the two-tier wage system, paying CAW members US$9,234 in bonuses over the life of the contract and eliminating guaranteed cost-of-living wage increases. Moreover, new hires will start at about US$21 an hour, but will receive full wages of about $35 an hour after 10, instead of six, years.
Read more »- Caw Makes Some Concessions Over New Contract With Detroit 3, Carmakers Still Undecided
Three days before the expiration of the ultimatum that the Canadian Auto workers’ union (CAW) has issued to GM, Ford and Chrysler, the union has made some concessions over the new contract in order to avert a simultaneous strike at all three carmakers'...
- Caw Threatens To Strike Detroit's Big 3 Simultaneously If They Don’t Agree On New Contract
The Canadian Auto Workers’ union (CAW) is the largest private sector union in the country with over 200,000 members. On September 5, it announced that it would strike General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, if contract talks do not progress. This is...
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During July and August, the labor union at Hyundai’s South Korean plants staged a series of partial strikes over pay issues and working conditions. It was the first strike in four years and a major setback as it cost the Korean carmaker $1.4 billion...
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As many anticipated, Ford and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union reached an agreement over the new four-year labor contract covering the UAW’s 41,000 members in the US. The deal won’t take effect until it is ratified by the UAW board....
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