Canadian Auto Union to Negotiate Labor Pact With Fiat Chrysler
September 22 2016 - 4:00PM
Dow Jones News
The union representing Canada's auto workers will turn to Fiat
Chrysler Automobiles NV next to negotiate a new four-year labor
contract, aiming to win pay raises and factory investments similar
to the ones secured earlier this week in a proposed agreement with
General Motors Co.
Unifor, the country's largest private-sector union, has been
bargaining with Fiat Chrysler, GM and Ford Motor Co. since August
for the new labor deals that will help protect Canada's auto
manufacturing sector amid a surge in new factory investment flowing
to Mexico, where labor costs are far cheaper.
Fiat Chrysler, employing 9,750 hourly workers in Canada, is one
of the country's largest auto makers with two large assembly plants
in Ontario, producing high-profile models, such as the Pacifica
minivan.
Separately, Unifor said it would hold a vote Sunday for factory
workers at GM to ratify a new tentative deal reached Monday that
secures "hundreds of millions of dollars" in new investment from
the company and pledges to keep open a vehicle assembly plant in
Oshawa, Ontario, beyond a potential 2019 closure.
In a statement, Unifor President Jerry Dias reiterated that
securing new factory investment from Fiat Chrysler will take top
priority. "We have one simple message for all the Detroit auto
makers: there will be no deal without commitments to new
investments in Canada," Mr. Dias said.
Write to Christina Rogers at christina.rogers@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
September 22, 2016 15:45 ET (19:45 GMT)
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