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Mercy
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posted 12 March 2007 09:36 AM      Profile for Mercy     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Workers at the DaimlerChrysler Canada assembly plant in Brampton have overtuned an earlier decision and accepted potential concessions that could cost them about $5,000 each annually.

A couple things on this story:

1) What do people think about the CAW's aggressive pushing of concessions - even when members have rejected them? The concerns that the CAW is perhaps violating their own costitution by having a second vote on concessions? Whether this is needed to keep jobs in Canada?

2) What do you think about the fact that Buzz couldn't manage to make the meeting because he was "stranded in the Carribean"? Because, I know everyone has to take a vacation, but if I'm an autoworker trying to fight a pay cut this would piss me off royally.

[ 12 March 2007: Message edited by: Mercy ]


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James
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posted 13 March 2007 12:42 AM      Profile for James        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Wait.

The "concession" was to give up an earlier bargained "pay for 40 nimutes while not working" arrangement


If that plant closes, so do many local and Ontario feeder plants. What they are conceding is "pay for time to find a parking space".

I think I'd gladly concede six buckk a day 'take -home' for my 100 grand a year job.


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Farmpunk
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posted 13 March 2007 01:42 AM      Profile for Farmpunk     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Maybe Buzz is trying to forge a new union amoungst the many seasonal labourers (twenty thousand and growing fast) that come from the Carribean to Ontario every year to do the work that no one here will do.
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