CAW agrees to expansion of cheap labor at GM’s Oshawa plants.
from the World Socialist Web Site
"The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union has entered into an agreement with General Motors to organize special early retirement buyouts at its two assembly plants in Oshawa, Ontario. The move is designed to accelerate the automaker’s drive to replace higher-paid veteran workers with workers earning cheap-labor wages.
"About 350 of the 1,300 employees eligible for retirement at the Oshawa facilities will be offered a one-time inducement of up to $50,000 plus a $20,000 GM auto-purchase voucher to leave the company. They will be replaced by a mixture of temporary workers and new hires, both groups earning wages and benefits far below the compensation received by other GM workers, even after years of concessions contracts.
"The temporary workers will earn about $10 per hour less than their counterparts, receive an inferior benefits program, and be barred from enrolling in the pension plan. New hires will begin work at $14 per hour below the regular-tier rate, will receive reduced benefits and also will be ineligible to participate in the pension plan. …"
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