Tag: CAW
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The Conflicted Transformation of CAW-Unifor: A Review of Shifting Gears
Recent commentaries on the political trajectory of the major private sector union in Canada, CAW-Unifor, have often had a rather simplistic and problematic perspective. That the CAW-Unifor (the latter being … Keep reading »
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Bob White, Union Organizer, Union Leader
April 28, 1935 – February 19, 2017 When I last visited Bob at his nursing home in Kincardine, a nurse politely pulled me aside to tell me that he no longer … Keep reading »
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Subsidies and Concessions: The Never-Ending Corporate Shake-Down
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s first economic policy initiative of 2013, which took him to Oakville in early January to trumpet yet another $250-million in auto subsidies, ought to raise some … Keep reading »
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The CAW-CEP Merger: New Union in a Difficult World
Just about everyone in and around the union movement in Canada is talking about the upcoming merger between the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers (CEP). … Keep reading »
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Ford Canada Concessions: Could it Signal the End of an Era?
While the CAW and Ford enter into another round of concessions bargaining – in the wake of concessions in the UAW – there is an argument to be made that … Keep reading »
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Against Concessions: CAW – UAW Rank and File Solidarity
In the spring of 2008, the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union, opened contract talks early to negotiate a concessionary contract in order to give the Detroit Three auto makers (Chrysler, … Keep reading »
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The CAW and Panic Bargaining: Early Opening at the Big Three
In the face of a deteriorating economic climate and concerns about the ‘investment competitiveness’ of Canadian plants, the CAW leadership made a startling move this spring. It had an air … Keep reading »
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Two-tier Wages, Second-Class Workers
When Autoworker President Buzz Hargrove makes new pronouncements, they carry weight within and beyond the labour movement – even when, as has recently been the case, they seem to undermine … Keep reading »
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Magna-CAW Framework of Fairness Agreement is an Affront to Union Democracy
Geoff Bickerton Like most agreements between Unions and Employers the devil lies in the details. The Framework of Fairness Agreement between the CAW and Magna International is no exception. Much has … Keep reading »
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The CAW and Magna: Disorganizing the Working Class
“In the neoconservative Canada of the late 1990s, the labour movement needs to become more militant, less accommodating to the demands of corporations and governments. If this sounds like a … Keep reading »
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One Sided Class War: The UAW-GM 2007 Negotiations
In 1978, then United Auto Worker (UAW) President Douglas Fraser, frustrated with corporate America’s new aggressiveness, accused U.S. business of waging a ‘one-sided class war against working people, the unemployed, … Keep reading »
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Rewriting History: The CAW Turn
In response to criticism of the concessions made by the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) at General Motors’s Oshawa facility this winter, the union has made four counter-arguments. First, no concessions … Keep reading »