Chrysler and Union Face Crucial Talks in Canada
The stakes are high for Chrysler in summer contract talks with the Canadian Auto Workers union. Chrysler contends that its Canadian workers are fast becoming uncompetitive in the global economy, holding that Canadian workers have in the last three years become more expensive than workers at nonunionized plants in the United States. The Canadian auto workers are asking for more time off and richer pension benefits.
See "Chrysler and Union Face Crucial Talks in Canada", Danny Hakim, The New York Times, May 26, 2005