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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.
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- Strike 2: Uaw Goes On Strike Against Chrysler
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- Gm Employees On Nationwide Strike As Uaw Talks Fail
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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 the first time in its history that the CAW threatens to strike all three Detroit carmakers at the same time. The last strike organized by CAW was in 1996 against GM.
The union announced that all of its members will go on strike, since 99 percent of Chrysler Canada, 98 percent of General Motors of Canada and 97 percent of Ford Canada have voted in favor of the move.
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'...
- Hyundai Reaches Tentative Wage Deal With Korean Labor Union, Offers 5.4% Increase And $8.5k Bonus
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...
- Gm Agrees To Pay Korean Workers A Record Bonus Of $6,140 Each And Increase Basic Salaries By 4.7%!
The South Korean division of General Motors has agreed to a record bonus payment for its employees following a partial strike last week. This was the first organized union strike to hit GM Korea in three years and it led to a production loss of 9,700...
- Strike 2: Uaw Goes On Strike Against Chrysler
Following the strike against GM a fortnight ago, UAW (United Auto Workers) went on strike against Chrysler LLC today after marathon negotiations between the union and the money-loosing American carmaker failed to produce a tentative agreement on a new...
- Gm Employees On Nationwide Strike As Uaw Talks Fail
As many insiders predicted, contract talks between General Motors and the United Auto Workers failed resulting to the first nationwide strike of GM factory employees since 1970. The strike was caused due to the conflict between GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner's...