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UAW president Ron Gettelfinger must be drooling right now. While the UAW has reached new labor agreements now with all three of the Detroit automakers (an agreement with Ford is still pending approval), it's been a long time since it made much significant headway in organizing workers at new companies. Now just weeks after the Canadian Autoworkers Union reached a deal with Magna International that would allow them to try and organize Canadian Magna plants, the first plant has signed up. In the deal, Magna agreed to remain neutral as the CAW attempted to organize its plants. In return, the union agreed not to strike and preserve a performance-based pay structure. This week 250 employees at a Windsor, Ontario door trim parts plant voted overwhelmingly to join the union and accept a new contract that gives them a $3 per hour raise and improved benefits. Magna is the fourth largest auto supplier in the world and has 18,000 employees at 43 plants in Canada that all could potentially be unionized.

[Source: Automotive News - sub req'd]

First Canadian Magna plant is unionized! originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Since it's inception a half century ago, Magna has grown into the fourth largest automotive parts supplier in the world with sales of almost $24 billion in 2006. The Canadian company has even gotten into complete vehicle assembly with its purchase of Steyr-Daimler-Puch a few years back. Of all the things Magna has done, the one thing it's never tried is negotiating a union contract. Magna plants up until now have now never been unionized. For the first time, the company has reached an agreement that would allow the Canadian Auto Workers union to try and organize the companies 61 Canadian plants. The company will stay neutral as the CAW conducts organization drives. It will be interesting to see if this new policy gets extended to Magna's US plants and the UAW, as well.

[Source: Globe and Mail]

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