Friday, March 24, 2006

GM strikes a deal with CAW

IIPM-EDITORIAL
World’s largest automaker General Motors (GM) has struck a tentative three year labour agreement with the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union, settling differences over staffing levels in plants. This new contract has in fact averted a walkout by over 17,000 workers that could have resulted in shutting down of all GM plants in the US. CAW last held a strike at the Canadian division of the Detroit-based automaker in 1996, which lasted twenty Two days.

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