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Encyclopedia > Canadian Auto Workers
Canadian Auto Workers
National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada
Founded 1985
Members 265,000
Country Canada
Affiliation CLC
Key people Buzz Hargrove (Pres.)
Office location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Website www.caw.ca

The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW; formally the National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada) is one of Canada's largest and highest profile trade unions. While rooted in the large auto plants of Windsor, Ontario, Brampton, Ontario, Oakville, Ontario, St. Catharines, Ontario and Oshawa, Ontario; the CAW has in recent years expanded and now incorporates workers in industries from fisheries to air travel. This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC (in French le Congrès du travail du Canada or CTC) is the central labour body in Canada to which most Canadian labour unions are affiliated. ... Basil Buzz Eldon Hargrove (born March 8, 1944, Bath, New Brunswick, Canada) is the current National President of the Canadian Auto Workers trade union. ... A trade union or labor union is an organization of workers. ... Nickname: Motto: The river and the land sustain us. ... Nickname: Location in the Region of Peel, in the Province of Ontario Coordinates: , Country Province Region Peel Incorporation 1853 (village)   1873 (town)   1974 (city) Government  - Mayor Susan Fennell  - Governing Body Brampton City Council (click for members)  - MPs Navdeep Bains, Colleen Beaumier, Ruby Dhalla, Gurbax Malhi  - MPPs Vic Dhillon, Linda Jeffrey... Oakville (2006 population 165,613[1]) is a town on Lake Ontario in southern Ontario, Canada, midway between Toronto (about 31 km or 19 mi away) on its eastern border and Hamilton (about 20 km or 12 mi away) from its western border. ... Nickname: Motto: Industry and Liberality Location of St. ... Oshawa (estimated 2004 population 150 000; metropolitan population 296 298) is a city on Lake Ontario located approximately 60 km east of downtown Toronto in Ontario, Canada. ...

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History

The CAW began as the Canadian Region of the United Auto Workers (UAW). The United Auto Workers (UAW), headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, officially the United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union, is one of the largest labor unions in North America, The UAW has approximately 640,000 active members and over 500,000 retired members in the United States, Canada...


The UAW was founded in August 1935, and the Canadian Region of the UAW was established in 1937 at General Motors's Oshawa, Ontario plant after a contentious and violent strike. Before 1979, the Canadian Region was largely seen to follow in the contractual footsteps of the larger US-UAW, and despite growing differences, continued under the auspice of the UAW until 1985. General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is an American automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ... Oshawa (estimated 2004 population 150 000; metropolitan population 296 298) is a city on Lake Ontario located approximately 60 km east of downtown Toronto in Ontario, Canada. ...


The reasons for the CAW split from the UAW are complicated. Holmes and Rusonik (1990) contend that although the Canadian labour movement has been seen as traditionally more militant than its American counterpart, it was in fact the uneven geographical development of both management and labour restructuring that:

led the Canadian auto-workers to develop a distinctly different set of collective bargaining objectives, [which] placed them in a far stronger bargaining position as compared to the UAW in the U.S., and, ultimately, brought about the events that led directly to the Split.

Two of the main forces demanding the restructuring of management and Labour during this time were the rise of Japan as a major automotive force, and the general recession of the world economy in the late 70's and early 80's. Aided by the Auto Pact and the weakening Canadian dollar in relation to the Greenback, a geographic difference developed which provided some relief to the Canadian auto-worker. Automakers, also known as carmakers, automobile manufacturers, motor manufacturers, or the automobile industry are companies that design and manufacture automobiles. ... In macroeconomics, the definition of recession is a decline in any countrys Gross Domestic Product (GDP), or negative real economic growth, for two or more successive quarters of a year. ... The Canada-United States Automotive Agreement more commonly known as the Auto Pact was an important trade agreement between Canada and the United States. ... ISO 4217 Code CAD User(s) Canada Inflation 2% Source The World Factbook, 2006 est. ... “USD” redirects here. ...


By December 1984, significant differences in the value of negotiated contracts, and divergent union objectives had set the stage for the creation of the CAW, a process documented in the Genie Award winning film, Final Offer. The Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian films and television, by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. ... Final Offer is a Canadian film documenting the 1984 contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) and GM. Ultimately, it provided a historical record of the birth of the Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) as Bob White, then head of the Canadian sector of the UAW, led his...


In 1984, the Canadian section of the UAW, under the leadership of Bob White and his assistants Buzz Hargrove and Bob Nickerson, broke from the UAW because the American union was seen as giving away too much in the way of concessions during collective bargaining. Additionally, the UAW had been lobbying the U.S. Congress to force the transfer of auto production from Canada to the U.S. and the Canadian branch felt there was a lack of a representative voice during UAW's conventions. Binomial name Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Bobwhite Quail or Northern Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus, is a ground_dwelling bird native to North America. ... A Collective agreement is a labor contract between an employer and one or more unions. ...


In 1985 the split from the American union was complete and Bob White was acclaimed as the first President of the CAW. He went on to serve 3 terms as president. This article is about the year. ...


After separation, the CAW began to grow quickly in size and stature. It merged with a number of smaller unions to double in size and become the largest private sector union in the country. Most notable were the mergers with the Fishermen, Food, and Allied Workers and the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Transport and General Workers. The CAW also voiced strong opposition to the then-federal government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and such policies as the Goods and Services Tax and free trade. The private sector of a nations economy consists of all that is outside the state. ... Regions Political culture Foreign relations Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      The Prime Minister of Canada (French: Premier ministre du Canada), is the Minister of the Crown who is head of the Government of Canada. ... Martin Brian Mulroney (born March 20, 1939), was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. ... The Canadian Goods and Services Tax (GST) (French: Taxe sur les produits et services, TPS) is a multi-level value-added tax introduced in Canada on January 1, 1991, by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and finance minister Michael Wilson. ... The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was a trade agreement reached by Canada and the United States in October of 1987. ...


Under White and Hargrove, the CAW has moved toward the European model of social unionism and away from American business unionism. Social unionism is a term to describe the trend for trade unions to take an active role in supporting social justice causes. ...


In 2000, the CAW was expelled from the Canadian Labour Congress when several union locals left the SEIU and joined the CAW, prompting accusations of union raiding. A settlement was reached a year later that allowed the CAW to rejoin the national labour federation but relations with other unions such as the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the United Steel Workers of America and SEIU remain strained and the CAW remains outside of the Ontario Federation of Labour. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC (in French le Congrès du travail du Canada or CTC) is the central labour body in Canada to which most Canadian labour unions are affiliated. ... Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is the largest and fastest growing labor union in the United States and Canada, representing 1. ... The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE, French: Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique) is a Canadian trade union serving the public sector - although it has in recent years organized workplaces in the non-profit and para-public sector as well. ... The United Steel Workers of America (USWA) claims over 1. ... The Ontario Federation of Labour is a prominent labour union in the Canadian province of Ontario. ...


The CAW's relationship with other unions has also been strained due to its different political direction. The CAW is strongly left leaning and it has traditionally been a strong supporter of the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Bloc Québécois (Bloc). However, under current leader Buzz Hargrove, it began lending its support to the Liberal Party of Canada in ridings which the NDP were unlikely to win in the recent federal elections. As a result, the Ontario NDP voted to expel Hargrove for supporting the Liberals, which automatically suspended his membership in the federal party. The CAW retaliated by severing all union ties with the NDP, a move formalized at the CAW's 2006 convention. This article is about the Canadian political party. ... The Bloc Québécois (BQ) is a centre-left federal political party in Canada that defines itself as devoted to the promotion of sovereignty for Quebec. ... Basil Buzz Eldon Hargrove (born March 8, 1944, Bath, New Brunswick, Canada) is the current National President of the Canadian Auto Workers trade union. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: ), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party. ...


CAW leaders

Canadian Directors of the UAW

Presidents of the Canadian Auto Workers Charles Hibbert (Charlie) Millard (August 25, 1896 - November 24, 1978) was a Canadian trade union activist and politician. ... George Burt (17 August 1903 — 6 September 1988) was Canadian Director of the United Auto Workers (UAW/CAW) from 1939 to 1968. ... Dennis McDermott (November 3, 1922 - February 13, 2003) was a Canadian trade unionist, Canadian Director of the United Auto Workers from 1968 to 1978 and president of the Canadian Labour Congress from 1978 to 1986. ... Binomial name Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Bobwhite Quail or Northern Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus, is a ground_dwelling bird native to North America. ...

Binomial name Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Bobwhite Quail or Northern Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus, is a ground_dwelling bird native to North America. ... Basil Buzz Eldon Hargrove (born March 8, 1944, Bath, New Brunswick, Canada) is the current National President of the Canadian Auto Workers trade union. ...

Major CAW employers

Major auto

General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is an American automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ... The CAW Local 195 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... The CAW Local 199 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... The CAW Local 222 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... Local 1973 is a union belonging to the labour movement of the Canadian Auto Workers. ... “Ford” redirects here. ... CAW Local 200 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... DaimlerChrysler Canada is DaimlerChrysler AGs Canadian division. ... The CAW Local 144 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... The CAW Local 195 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... CAMI Automotive is an independently incorporated joint venture of automobile manufacturing in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada and formed the third step of GMs three-pronged initiative of the mid-1980s to capture and practice the Japanese mystique of automotive management. ... The CAW Local 88 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ...

Independent auto parts

Lear Corporation, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, USA is a Fortune 500 company, engaged in the business of manufacturing and distribution of automotive interiors systems. ... The CAW Local 222 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... Local 1973 is a union belonging to the labour movement of the Canadian Auto Workers. ... ThyssenKrupp AG (ISIN: DE0007500001) is a very large German industrial conglomerate, with about 188,000 employees. ... “Siemens” redirects here. ... The CAW Local 27 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union. ... The CAW Local 195 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... The CAW Local 222 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... Woodbridge Foam Corporation (also known as Woodbridge Group) is a privately owned corporation headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. ... The CAW Local 112 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... The CAW Local 222 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... The CAW Local 222 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... Magna International Inc. ... The CAW Local 27 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union. ... The CAW Local 199 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... The CAW Local 195 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... Johnson Controls, Inc. ... The CAW Local 222 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ...

Aerospace

Pratt & Whitney is an American owned aircraft engine manufacturer whose products are widely used in both civil and military aircraft. ... For other uses, see Bombardier (disambiguation). ... The de Havilland Canada company was an innovative aircraft manufacturer with facilities based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The CAW Local 112 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... CMC Electronics Inc. ... I.M.P. Group International is a diversified company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia founded in 1967. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article is about the English city. ...

Specialty vehicles

General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD) is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures, and as of 2006 it is the sixth largest defense contractor in the world[2]. The company has changed markedly in the post-Cold War era of defense consolidation. ... The CAW Local 27 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union. ... Sterling may refer to: Sterling (car), a British automobile manufacturer. ... There are two entries concerning Freightliner For the Freightliner Truck Company, please see Freightliner (truck) For the United Kingdom Rail Company, please see Freightliner_(UK) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Prevost or Prèvost may mean: Prevost, a bus manufacturer and division of Volvo Buses Abbe Antoine François Prévost (1697-1763), French novelist Constant Prévost (1787-1856), French geologist Corinne Prevost, actor and singer Daniel Prevost, writer George Prevost (1767-1816), British general and governor Lucien Anatole... Volvo Cars is the luxury car maker using the Volvo Trademark. ... It has been suggested that International Harvester be merged into this article or section. ... John Deere This article is about John Deere, the inventor of the first successful steel plow. ... For other uses, see Bombardier (disambiguation). ... New Flyer Industries is a leading bus manufacturer in North America, headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... PACCAR, Inc. ... The Kenworth Bug on the new T660 Kenworth is a manufacturer of medium and heavy-duty Class 8 trucks based in Kirkland, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. ...

Shipbuilding

  • Halifax Shipyard– CAW/MWF Local 1
  • Marystown Shipyard
  • Shelburne Ship Repair

Electrical and electronics

CAMCO or Camco may refer to: CAMCO Scientific Limited also trading as CAMCO Recruitment specialising in recruitment of Scientists for Permanent and Temporary positions. ... “GE” redirects here. ... This article is about the defunct Westinghouse Electric Corporation founded in 1886, renamed CBS Corporation in 1997, and purchased by Viacom in 1999. ... Nortel Networks Corporation TSX: NT NYSE: NT, formerly known as Northern Telecom Limited and now known simply as Nortel, is a multinational telecommunications equipment manufacturer headquartered in Toronto, Canada. ...

General manufacturing

  • Collins and Aikman Plastics
  • Coca Cola Bottling Co. — Local 126, Local 350, Local 385, Local 973
  • Hershey– Local 462
  • MTD Products
  • Atlas Steels
  • Kautex Textron
  • McGregor Hosiery Mills– Local 40
  • Parmalat– Local 462
  • Nestlé Enterprises– Local 252
  • Bazaar and Novelty– Local 462
  • Guelph Products
  • LTV Copperweld– Local 636
  • PepsiCo Foods– Local 1996
  • St. Anne Nackawic Pulp Co. – Local 219
  • Rivenwood Furniture - National Council 4000
  • Scanwood Canada Ltd. - National Council 4000

Hershey is an unincorporated community within Derry Township in Dauphin County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... MTD Products, (Modern Tool and Die Company), of Cleveland, OH began in 1932, and is a family-owned, private company. ... The CAW Local 40 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... Parmalat logo. ...

Air transportation

Air Canada is Canadas largest airline and flag carrier. ... NAV CANADA is a privately-owned corporation that owns Canadas civil air navigation service. ... Air Transat is an airline based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, operating scheduled and charter flights and serving 90 destinations in 25 countries. ... First Air is an airline based in Carp, Ontario, Canada. ...

Railways

WABCO Stoney Creek CAW Local 558 The Canadian National Railway (CN; AAR reporting marks CN, CNA, CNIS) is a Canadian Class I railway operated by the Canadian National Railway Company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. ... The CAW Local 100 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ... A pair of Ontario Northland diesels work in Hearst, in 2003. ... ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ... Savage Alberta Railway, known as Alberta RailNet between 1999 and 2005, was a Canadian short line railway that operated in the province of Alberta until late 2006. ... VIA Rail Canada (also referred to as VIA Rail and VIA; pronounced vee-ah) is an independent Crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail services in Canada. ... The CAW Local 100 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ...


Marine transportation

Bay Ferries Limited (Bay Ferries) is a ferry company operating in eastern Canada and headquartered in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. ... The Saint Lawrence Seaway in its broadest sense (see Great Lakes Waterway) is the system of canals that permits ocean-going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes as far as Lake Superior. ... Marine Atlantic ferry ports and current routes Marine Atlantic Inc. ...

Other transportation

Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC) is the contract operator for bus transit services in Greater Vancouver and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority known locally as TransLink, the entity responsible for transit. ... The CAW Local 111 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union. ... The CAW Local 2200 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union. ... A DHL Boeing 757. ... The CAW Local 144 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... Durham Region Transit (DRT) is the regional public transit operator in Durham Region, east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The CAW Local 222 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... Wheelchair-accessible low-floor buses such as this Nova LFS now form the majority of the GRT fleet. ... One of Laidlaws 40,000 yellow school buses Laidlaw, currently organized as Laidlaw International, Inc. ... The CAW Local 195 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... BC Transit is a provincial crown agency responsible for coordinating the delivery of public transportation within British Columbia, Canada, outside of Greater Vancouver. ... The Brinks Company (NYSE: BCO) is a security and protection company. ... Group 4 Securicor, formed in July 2004 from the merger of Securicor and the security businesses of Group 4 Falck, is a multinational corporation based in Crawley, UK. Group 4 Securicor is the second largest security guard service provider on Earth. ...

Fisheries

  • East Coast fish harvesters – FFAW/CAW
  • East Coast fish plant workers – FFAW/CAW
  • West Coast fish harvesters and fish plant workers (UFAWU)
  • Great Lakes fish harvesters and fish plant workers – Local 444

Mining and smelting

  • Falconbridge– Local 598
  • Alcan– Local 2301
  • NVI Mining- Local 3019
  • Windsor Salt– Local 1959

Falconbridge Limited is Toronto, Ontario based resource company involved in the exploration, mining, processing and marketing of metal and mineral products including nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum. ... Alcan (ALaska CANada) is also one of the common names for the Alaska Highway that connects Dawson Creek, British Columbia, with Fairbanks, Alaska. ...

Hospitality and gaming

The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway that is operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. ... Fairmont is the name of several places in the United States of America: Fairmont, Minnesota Fairmont, North Carolina Fairmont, West Virginia Fairmont, Nebraska In Canada, there is: Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia, a resort town Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, a Toronto, Ontario based operator of hotels and resorts Slightly differently... Delta Hotels TSX: LGY is a chain of 40 hotels and resorts across Canada. ... Casino Windsor is a major casino hotel in Windsor, Ontario. ... Radisson SAS in Copenhagen, Denmark. ... The CAW Local 195 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW). ... KFC (full name Kentucky Fried Chicken) is a division of Yum! Brands, Inc. ... Sheraton Hotels and Resorts is Starwood Hotels & Resorts largest and second oldest brand (Westin is the oldest). ... Marriott International, Inc. ...

Retail and wholesale trade

The Dominion name is used by two separate supermarket chains in Canada. ... A&P Canada is a Canadian supermarket company owned by Metro Inc. ... Super Fresh is a chain of supermarkets owned by A&P. The Super Fresh name was introduced in 1982, but the parent company had already existed for over 120 years (it was founded as early as 1859). ... Food Basics is a no-frills supermarket chain originally created by A&P Canada, to compete with the successful warehouse style supermarket originally launched by Loblaws. ... Loblaws, Toronto, 2007 Loblaws is a supermarket chain of 68 stores, headquartered in Brampton, with stores across Ontario and Quebec. ... No-frills or no frills is the term used to describe any service or product for which the non-essential features (or frills) have been removed. ... For other uses, see Bay (disambiguation). ... Zellers Inc. ... valu-mart is a chain of grocery stores owned by Loblaw Companies Limited. ... Your Independent Grocer is a supermarket chain based in Ontario, Canada. ... Katz Group of Companies operates over 1,700 pharmacies in Canada and the United States. ... Sears Canada Inc. ...

Health care

Nickname: Location of London in relation to Middlesex County and the Province of Ontario Coordinates: , Country Canada Province Ontario County Middlesex County Settled 1826 as a village Incorporated 1855 as a city Government  - City Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best  - Governing Body London City Council  - MPs Sue Barnes (LPC) Glen Pearson... The CAW Local 27 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union. ... University Hospital. ... Grand River Hospital is a group of affiliated medical facilities in the Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge-Guelph area in southwestern Ontario. ... Halifax can refer to any of several things: // Australia Halifax Bay, North Queensland Canada Halifax Regional Municipality City of Halifax (dissolved city) Halifax County, Nova Scotia (dissolved county) Halifax (electoral district) Halifax International Airport Namibia Halifax Island United Kingdom Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax (UK Parliament constituency) Halifax bank (formerly building... Thunder Bay may refer to Thunder Bay, Ontario, a city in the Canadian province of Ontario Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario. ... Halifax can refer to any of several things: // Australia Halifax Bay, North Queensland Canada Halifax Regional Municipality City of Halifax (dissolved city) Halifax County, Nova Scotia (dissolved county) Halifax (electoral district) Halifax International Airport Namibia Halifax Island United Kingdom Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax (UK Parliament constituency) Halifax bank (formerly building... Thunder Bay may refer to Thunder Bay, Ontario, a city in the Canadian province of Ontario Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario. ... The CAW Local 27 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union. ...

General services

Allstream is now owned by MTS of Manitoba. ... McMaster University is a medium-sized research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with an enrollment of 18,238 full-time and 3,836 part-time students (as of 2006). ... The CAW Local 555 is a local union of the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) and represents support staff at McMaster University and Regional Medical Associaties (RMA). ... The University of Manitoba is the largest university of the province of Manitoba, most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. ... The University of Windsor (401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4) is a non-denominational, provincially-supported, coeducational, public comprehensive university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. ... The Windsor Star is the regional newspaper of Windsor, Ontario (the only daily newspaper in Windsor and Essex County), and is owned by CanWest Global Communications. ...

Related links

Films and Movies

  • CAW President Bob White plays a major role in the 1985 documentary film: Final Offer by Sturla Gunnarsson & Robert Collision. It follows the 1984 contract negotiations with General Motors that saw the CAW's birth, and split with the UAW. It's an interesting look at life on the shop floor of a car factory, along with the art of business negotiation.

Binomial name Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Bobwhite Quail or Northern Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus, is a ground_dwelling bird native to North America. ... Final Offer is a Canadian film documenting the 1984 contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) and GM. Ultimately, it provided a historical record of the birth of the Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) as Bob White, then head of the Canadian sector of the UAW, led his...

References

  • Gindin, Sam (1995). The Canadian Auto Workers. James Lorimer and Company. ISBN 1-55028-498-3. 
  • Holmes, John; Anthony Rusonik (1990). The Break-Up of an International Labour Union:. Canada: Queen' University. ISBN 0-88886-265-2. 

Sam Gindin is a Canadian academic and intellectual who served as research director of the Canadian region of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union and later as chief economist and Assistant to the President of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union after the latter became independent from its American parent...

External links

 Organized Labour Portal
  • Canadian Auto Workers Official Website
  • History of the CAW by Sam Gindin

 

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