Canadian Auto Workers
-
GM to sell $4.5B in notes to pay off debt to union trust funds
GM will also use $1.2 billion from the new bonds to pay off 7% notes, retiring debt held by a trust controlled by Unifor.
-
Workers at CAMI plant in Ingersoll ratify GM contract
Agreement includes a $3,000 signing bonus, full-time jobs to about 300 temporary workers.
-
Unifor leader says Labour Day march a symbol of hope
Tom Mulcair says new union will solidify the Canadian labour movement at a time when middle-class jobs are under attack.
-
Ken Lewenza steps down as head of CAW
CEP president Dave Coles will also not run for presidency of the newly merged union, Unifor.
-
GM Canada wrong to cut benefits of retired workers, Ontario court rules
Some former workers saw their basic life insurance benefit cut from more than $100,000 to $20,000.
-
Talks underway to merge USW, TWU
Negotiations have been ongoing since May.
-
Federal briefing deflates claim of corporate cash hoard
A revised Statistics Canada estimate puts it at about $544 billion in Q1.
-
UNIFOR: Canada’s newest (and biggest) labour union
CAW, CEP reveal name and logo of super union.
-
Ontario budget should be approved, say CAW and CEP
Unions pleased with measures to strengthen province’s manufacturing sector.
-
CAW reaches 30 day agreement with National Auto Radiator
Negotiations on a broader agreement continue as lockout ends.
-
No tentative deal between GM and Cami assembly workers
Automaker says it needs more time for negotiations.
-
CAW ratifies agreement at Wescast exhaust plant
Agreement extends company’s commitment to keep the plant open for at least another year.
-
CAW, Lear Whitby reach tentative agreement
400 employees are back to work after two-day strike.
-
CAW strikes at Wescast and Lear over job security and concessions
Union accuses parts makers of lack of commitment; and trying to force concessions
. -
Super-union will get bigger
CAW, CEP say newly created union will seek to double its size.
