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Unifor fights for its future as it campaigns against GM
Union digs in as it battles the automaker over its decision to close the Oshawa Assembly plant.
Unifor’s Dias rules out boycott in campaign to save GM Oshawa
Ekos Research poll notes 45% of Canadians support an outright boycott.
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Premier Ford to meet with GM, other automakers and Unifor in Detroit
Will discuss opportunities to support workers who will be out of a job when the Oshawa plant closes.
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Canada’s auto industry at risk if GM closes Oshawa plant: Dias
Unifor leader calls on Trudeau to work with Trump to keep manufacturing jobs from shifting south.
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Ford Canada spared from parent’s plan to cut most car models by 2020
Oakville complex currently assembles Edge, Flex, Lincoln MKX and Lincoln MKT, all sport utility vehicles.
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NAFTA deal ‘not close at all’: Unifor leader Jerry Dias, from Washington talks
Main issues around auto, labour standards, dispute-resolution rules under Chapter 11 not resolved yet.
OPSEU seeks to repair rift between Unifor and Canadian Labour Congress
Unifor complained the CLC’s process for allowing workers to change unions doesn’t work.
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Unifor’s Dias calls GM contract offer to striking workers “fluff”
Says the offer it still allows the company to shift its resources away from the Ingersoll plant.
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Some progress as CAMI talks resume between GM and striking workers
Proposal focuses on three long-standing issues – job security, economic concerns and contract language.
Unions pan US, Mexican response to Canada’s NAFTA labour standards proposal
Canada wants enforceable, progressive labour standards to be included in the deal.
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Canada’s chief negotiator says too soon to tell if new NAFTA by year end
US has yet to table detailed proposals on some of the most contentious issues.
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Auto unions will continue Mexico wage fight even if NAFTA crumbles
They have accused the country of using cheap labour as a way to draw in business.
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Unifor and Ford avert strike with tentative auto agreement
Contracts secures a $700 million investment most of which is going to Windsor engine plants.
Auto workers accept new contract with Fiat Chrysler
Management promised to invest $331 million in its Canadian operations.
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Fiat Chrysler, Unifor reach tentative 4 year labour deal
Agreement averts strike, mirrors contract ratified by GM workers.
