LAST AUTO NEWS – CHRYSLER THREATENS TO LEAVE CANADA TO ENSURE FIAT DEAL
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Chrysler has ten canicule to ability a alliance acceding with Italian automaker Fiat, or face the abandonment of federal funding. Fiat, however, has told the Detroit-based automaker it may not accede to any accord unless Chrysler’s Canadian autoworkers accede to allowance and account cuts. Faced with attrition from its Canadian employees, Chrysler is allegedly advertent abandoning the Canadian bazaar in adjustment to ensure its adaptation in the U.S.
Motor Trend explains, “Just two canicule afterwards Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne threatened to carelessness Chrysler if the aggregation couldn’t get its activity costs beneath control, Chrysler has beatific a letter to the absolute CAW aggressive to cull out of Canada if allowance concessions aren’t made.” In the letter, Chrysler admiral “explained that the U.S. and Canadian governments accept accepted that Chrysler accompany its activity costs on par with those of non-union shops like Toyota as a action of accepting added banking support. The admiral said that ‘all-in’ activity costs at Chrysler Canada are $76 per hour while at Toyota Canada they are just $57 per hour.” Canadian Auto Workers President Ken Lawenza, in response, told reporters, “We will plan to avert the interests of Canadian autoworkers. If Chrysler or any added aggregation goes into defalcation protection, it will not be because of us.”
CAW members, meanwhile, had a simpler response. Toronto’s Globe and Mail reports, “Union associates responded by afire copies of the letter alfresco the company’s minivan bulb in Windsor, Ont.”
Autoblog comments, “The date is set for what are abiding to be advancing negotiations amid Chrysler and abutment brass, which are set to activate [today]. As Bob Nardelli and Tom LaSorda said in their letter to the CAW rank-and-file: ‘The alarm is running.’”
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