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The CAW-Magna
Deal
·
Magna
will take a neutral or supportive stand towards its employees joining the CAW
·
The
workers will not have the right to strike
·
Wages
will be set according to the average manufacturing wage for the particular work
·
If
a collective agreement cannot be reached it will go to an arbitrator for final
offer selection
·
Shop
stewards will not exist
·
Workers
will be represented by an Employee Advocate selected by the Assistant to the
President of the CAW from a list of candidates drawn up by a joint
union-management committee
·
Workers
will have the right to remove an Employee Advocate through secret ballot every
three years, but the Assistant to the President of the CAW can overrule such a
vote and retain the Employee Advocate
·
The
President of Local 222, the largest CAW Local, has denounced the deal not only
as a sellout of trade union principles, but also on the basis that it will give
Magna an unfair advantage and result in the elimination of the jobs of existing CAW members who work for
competing parts manufacturing firms