CAW Ratifies Agreement With Chrysler
Posted May 18, 2008 12:00 pm.
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Canadian Auto Workers members in Ontario have ratified a new collective agreement with Chrysler, wrapping up its 2008 round of negotiations with the Big Three.
Chrysler workers have voted 87 per cent in favour of the deal [on Saturday], the highest approval margin among the three companies.
General Motors workers voted 84 per cent in favour of the deal in balloting Friday and [Saturday], while Ford workers ratified the deal by 67 per cent on Thursday.
The deals with the Big Three come as rising fuel prices and a high Canadian dollar continue to batter the domestic auto manufacturing industry.
CAW president Buzz Hargrove says negotiators entered bargaining “knowing the unprecedented economic and political challenges facing auto workers in Canada.”
GM has recently announced massive layoffs and cuts across Ontario, including the closure of a Windsor transmission plant by mid-2010 affecting 14-hundred workers.
