Canadian auto workers reject UAW contract
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Reagan / Mondale See Pages 2 - 3 About 36,000 Canadian auto workers struck General Motors on Oct. 17. The strike by Ontario-and Quebec-based members of the United Auto Workers follows on the heels of agreements with Ford and GM in the United States. A ratification vote conducted among the 350,000 who work for GM plants in the United States was reported at the same time that a tentative agreement reached between UAW negotiators and Ford in the United States was announced. The narrowly approved U.S. GM contract138,410 to 102,528—represents a continuation of an ongoing retreat by the Owen Bieber-led union negotiators.
The tentative UAW pact with Ford is reportedly similar to the one adopted by U.S. GM workers. The Ford agreement provides for the same basic wage package which amounts to a 15-cent-an-hour pay raise to $12.82. This is less than the present rate of inflation. And these con(continued on page 13)
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