Steel Markets
September 8, 2016
Canadian Autoworkers Target GM as Labor Negotiations Begin
Written by Sandy Williams
Canadian autoworkers selected General Motors as target company as contract negotiations begin for approximately 23,000 union workers
Unifor, which represents autoworkers at GM, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler NV in Canada, will use negotiations with GM to set the pattern for talks with the other two manufacturers. Jerry Dias, president of Unifor, called General Motors the “biggest bully in the schoolyard.”
