Ford Workers Approve Pact for Canada
Source: NY Times
TORONTO (AP) Canadian autoworkers at Ford have voted to accept the contract that their union leadership negotiated last week, their union said Sunday.
The Canadian Auto Workers union said 82 percent of its Ford members had accepted the new four-year deal. The union did not indicate how many of its 4,500 workers at Ford cast ballots.
The union leadership reached an agreement with General Motors last week. G.M. workers are set to vote on the tentative agreement on Wednesday and Thursday. Talks are continuing with Chrysler. The union wants Chrysler to match the deals reached with Ford and G.M.
The Ford and G.M. contracts cut wages for new hires and freeze pay for current workers. But they also give workers lump-sum payments to cover inflation and for ratifying the deals.
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