World News | Canadian Auto Workers Pick Ford as Potential Strike Target
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Detroit, Sep 8 (AP) The union that represents Canadian auto workers has picked Ford as a potential strike target in contract talks this year.
The Unifor union's contracts with all three Detroit automakers expires at 11:59 pm on September 21.
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Unifor President Jerry Dias says at a news conference Tuesday that the union wants product commitments for Ford's assembly plant in Oakville, Ontario, near Toronto.
Production of the Ford Edge and Lincoln Nautilus SUVs ends at the plant in 2023. Dias says Ford hasn't made any future product commitments.
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He says the union is looking for job security and commitments including electric vehicles.
The basics of a three-year deal with Ford would then apply to the other two companies, Fiat Chrysler and General Motors.
Dias says Canada has no commitments to build electric vehicles and has dropped from the fourth-largest vehicle maker in 1999 to No. 12 currently.
In addition to product commitments, the union also will focus on wages and benefits, he said. (AP)
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