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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 ::
Ford pickup truck plant in Oakville, Ontario, closes Detroit Free Press
The Canadian Auto Workers union, which represents workers at the factory, tried to save the plant in collective bargaining sessions held in the fall of 2002, but reluctantly accepted its eventual closure in exchange for protection of jobs. About 700 workers have accepted early retirement packages and some 500 will transfer to the adjacent Freestar minivan plant in Oakville.
But the union also said closing the truck plant was based on a "political decision," because Ford no longer had to have as much manufacturing in Canada with the dismantling of the Auto Pact several years ago. That pact forced car companies to make a number of vehicles and parts here equal to the value of vehicles they sold here. It was later struck down by the World Trade Organization.------------------------------------------- posted 6:21 AM :: reference link ::
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