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here is the latest headlines......If ford does not agree will DCX workers strike?? what if they dont agree before the expiration date, do workers automatically go on strike??
Ford is CAW's strike target
TONY VAN ALPHEN
BUSINESS REPORTER
In a break with tradition, the Canadian Auto Workers Union is changing its strategy in pivotal Big Three contract talks.
CAW president Buzz Hargrove revealed today that the union will try to reach a pattern contract with Ford Motor Co of Canada. However, the union will switch and focus on bargaining at Daimler Chyrsler Canada if talks are not progressing by early next week at Ford, Hargrove announced.
Hargrove said the union will still strike at one company by a midnight Sept. 20 deadline if negotiators have not reached a tentative deal.
Historically, the union has selected one company as a strike target with the aim of getting a contract and establishing a pattern that the other two auto giants would follow.
"We will have an agreement or strike on Sept. 20 at one of the companies," Hargrove said.
The CAW is negotiating contracts covering more than 41,000 workers at Ford, Daimler and GM.
The union eliminated GM as a target late last night.
Traditionally, the union strikes a deal with the target, with or without a strike, and then bargains with the remaining two to match the settlement. The last strike in Canada was in 1996, when workers walked out at GM for 22 days.
Bargaining at the Big Three began in July, but those involved say the talks have become the most difficult in about 25 years because GM and Ford are both losing money and market share.
Ford is CAW's strike target
TONY VAN ALPHEN
BUSINESS REPORTER
In a break with tradition, the Canadian Auto Workers Union is changing its strategy in pivotal Big Three contract talks.
CAW president Buzz Hargrove revealed today that the union will try to reach a pattern contract with Ford Motor Co of Canada. However, the union will switch and focus on bargaining at Daimler Chyrsler Canada if talks are not progressing by early next week at Ford, Hargrove announced.
Hargrove said the union will still strike at one company by a midnight Sept. 20 deadline if negotiators have not reached a tentative deal.
Historically, the union has selected one company as a strike target with the aim of getting a contract and establishing a pattern that the other two auto giants would follow.
"We will have an agreement or strike on Sept. 20 at one of the companies," Hargrove said.
The CAW is negotiating contracts covering more than 41,000 workers at Ford, Daimler and GM.
The union eliminated GM as a target late last night.
Traditionally, the union strikes a deal with the target, with or without a strike, and then bargains with the remaining two to match the settlement. The last strike in Canada was in 1996, when workers walked out at GM for 22 days.
Bargaining at the Big Three began in July, but those involved say the talks have become the most difficult in about 25 years because GM and Ford are both losing money and market share.
