Chrysler/Fiat News

      —– Subject: 6 Very Interesting Articles On the Auto Indusrty And Whats In Store For Chrysler Tommorrow And Ken Lewenza http://www.windsorstar.com/Business/Fiat+chief+tells+Lewenza+Chrysler+bankruptcy+inevitable/1543246/story.html     Fiat chief tells Lewenza: Chrysler bankruptcy may be inevitable     By Grace Macaluso, The Windsor Star  April 28, 2009 http://www.windsorstar.com/Business/Fiat+chief+tells+Lewenza+Chrysler+bankruptcy+inevitable/1543246/story.html     Chrysler’s Canadian operations, Fiat CEO Sergio [...]

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Pension Rally 2009

Jim Stanford – Time to Stop Cutting and Start Building

April 6, 2009 From autos to airlines, desperate executives are wielding a mighty axe in an effort to survive the devastating consequences of the global recession.  The common assumption is that “getting viable” is synonymous with “getting much smaller.”  In wildly swinging the axe as a universal solution to corporate woe, the downsizers are felling [...]

CAW Members at Chrysler Ratify Restructuring Agreement

Media advisory for immediate release –national and U.S. comprehensive distribution CAW Members at Chrysler Ratify Restructuring Agreement April 26, 2009 (Toronto) Thousands of CAW members working at Chrysler facilities in Brampton, Windsor and Etobicoke have voted in favour of a new restructuring agreement, ratifying the deal by 87 per cent during a series of meetings [...]

Angus sends “Made in China” maple leaf pins back to Conservatives

Fri 24 Apr 2009 Conservative government ships Canadian jobs overseas OTTAWA – The Conservative government has outsourced the manufacturing of maple leaf pins to China. The latest shipment of maple leaf lapel pins to Parliamentary offices has arrived with ‘Made in China’ product labels. New Democrat Heritage Critic Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay) says he’s outraged [...]

Chrysler Tentative Agreement

    CAW Reaches Tentative Agreement with Chrysler, Voting this Weekend   April 24, 2009   (Toronto) – The CAW has reached a tentative agreement with Chrysler Canada Ltd. on a new collective agreement, as part of the North American auto industry’s restructuring process.   The agreement will result in over $240 million per year [...]

Activists Converge on Queen’s Park for Massive Pension Rally

April 24, 2009, 11:38 AM EST Over 15,000 demonstrators lined the grounds of Queen’s Park, waving flags and holding placards outside the Ontario Legislative Building on April 23, demanding immediate action from governments and corporations to protect workers pensions. The event brought together union and non-union activists, community groups and senior organizations from across the [...]

CAW and Chrysler try to hammer out deal

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Jim Stanford – The Economics of Autoworker Wages . and the Politics

April 21, 2009 The auto industry is in crisis around the world, due to the global credit freeze and the resulting collapse in auto sales.  And governments around the world, recognizing the long-run strategic importance of this sector, have moved quickly to keep the industry in business.  In the U.S., in Europe, in Japan, in [...]