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Unifor released a brief comment about the deal and the end of the strike about 7:40 a.m. Monday. The union had announced a strike, involving 8.200 members, shortly after a deadline passed at 11:59 ...
The strike had begun 11:59 pm Monday when Unifor said GM had refused to agree to a deal similar to the one the union previously reached with Ford. That kind of deal is known as a pattern agreement.
Unifor, the Canadian workers’ union, announced that its members at Bombardier Inc. (OTC:BDRXF) (OTC:BOMBF) will persist with their strike following the business-jet manufacturer’s rejection of ...
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Unifor is a Canadian general trade union founded in 2013 as a merger of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) and Communications, Energy and Paperworkers unions. It consists of 310,000 workers,and associate members in industries including manufacturing, media, aviation, forestry and fishing, [ 1 ] making it the largest private sector union in Canada.
The contract between the UAW and General Motors expired September 14, and the strike began at 11:59 p.m. on September 15, 2019. A two-day difference between contract expiration and the beginning of a strike is unusually short, [4] but likely motivated by the prolonged negotiations between management and the union.
The B.C. Labour Relations Board, however, issued an essential services order in support of the smelter. The smelter would continue to operate at 25% capacity during the strike. Striking workers would receive $300 a week from the Unifor strike fund and an additional $100 a week from the Local 2301 strike fund to compensate for lost salaries.
Unifor, which represents 361 workers at the government-established company, said no agreement had been reached with management after a late Saturday deadline passed. "This impasse is extremely ...