History

A union began when a American section of the United Auto Workers, founded in the 1930s. In the Eighties, Western labour began to be far further activist than their American counterparts. A focus of union activity got likewise changed. High earnings & proficient rewards from either a auto-corporations got been achieved & a union saw a greater threat when from either a federal government. This mass produced big national unions that covered numbers of industries further utile than international unions limited to sole 1 industry. Within 1984, a American subdivision of the UAW, under the leadership of Bob White & his assistants Buzz Hargrove and Bob Nickerson, broke from a UAW because a U.s. union wwhen seen as yielding away overmuch in the way of concessions in the period of collective bargaining. As well a UAW got been lobbying a U.S. Congress to click a transport of motorcar production from either Canada to the U.S. & a second major issue to a Canadians was the want of a representative voice in the period of the UAW's conventions. Inside 1985 a split from a U.s. union wwhen complete & Bob White was acclaimed as the number one President of the CAW. He went in to serve Iii terms when president.

When separation, a CAW began to develop quickly within size & stature. It merged by owning a total of little unions to double within size & get the big private sector union in the country. Virtually all guiding light were a mergers sustaining a Fishermen, Food, and Allied Workers and the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Transport and General Workers. A CAW too voiced heavy opposition to the so-federal government of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and such policies as a Goods and Services Tax and free trade.

Under White & Hargrove, a CAW has moved toward a European model of social unionism and away from U.s. business unionism.

Around 2000, a CAW was expelled from either the Canadian Labour Congress when several union locals left a SEIU and joined the CAW, prompting accusations of union predatory. a class action settlement was reached a year late that allowed a CAW to rejoin a national labour federation however relations by using more unions like the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the United Steel Workers of America and SEIU remain strained and a CAW remains outside of the Ontario Federation of Labour.

Major CAW Employers

Major Auto

General Motors of Canada – Local 195, 199, 222, 636, 1001, 1973 Ford Motor Company of Canada – Local 200, 240, 707, 1520 DaimlerChrysler Canada– Local 144, 195, 432, 444, 1090, 1285 CAMI Automotive– Local 88

Independent Auto Parts

Lear Corporation– Local 222, 1090, 1524, 1973 ThyssenKrupp (Budd & Fabco) – Local 1451 Siemens Automotive & Electric– Local 27, 127, 1941 Wescast Industries– Local 397 A.G. Simpson– Local 195, 222 Woodbridge Foam– Local 112, 127, 222 PPG Glass– Local 222 Standard Products Magna International (incl. Intier) Hayes-Dana– Local 27, 199, 676 Meritor Automotive– Local 127 Ventra Plastics– Local 127, 195, 1524 Johnson Controls– Local 222, 444

Aerospace

Pratt & Whitney– Local 510 Bombardier/de Havilland– Local 112 Boeing Canada– Local 1967, CAW Local 2169 CMC Electronics IMP Group Magellan Aerospace/Bristol– Local 3005 Specialty Vehicles

GM/General Dynamics (London) – Local 27 Sterling/Freightliner– Local 252 Prevost/Volvo (Ste. Claire, Que.) Navistar International (Chatham) John Deere (Welland) – Local 275 Bombardier (Thunder Bay/Kingston) New Flyer Industries (Winnipeg) – Local 3003 Paccar/Kenworth (Que.)

Shipbuilding

Halifax Shipyard– CAW/MWF Local 1 Marystown Shipyard Shelburne Ship Repair

Electrical & Electronics

Camco General Electric– Local 3003 Westinghouse Nortel Networks

General Manufacturing

Collins & Aikman Plastics Hershey– Local 462 MTD Products Atlas Steels Kautex Textron McGregor Hosiery Mills– Local 40 Parmalat– Local 462 Nestlé Enterprises– Local 252 Bazaar & Novelty– Local 462 Guelph Products LTV Copperweld– Local 636 PepsiCo Foods– Local 1996 St. Anne Nackawic Pulp Co. – Local 219

Air Transportation

Air Canada & Regional– Local 2002 NavCanada– Local 2245, 5454 Worldwide Flight Services– Local 2002 Handlex (Air Transat) – Local 2002 First Air– Local 2002

Railways

Canadian National Railway– Local 100, 110 Canadian Pacific Railway– Local 101, 110 VIA Rail– Local 100, 110 Ontario Northland Railway Alstom Shops, Montreal– Local 100 B.C. Rail– Local 110

More Transportation

Coast Mountain Bus Company, Greater Vancouver– Local 111, 2200 DHL (Loomis) Courier– Local 114, 144, 4050, 4278 Laidlaw (carrier & transit) – Local 195, 4268 Blue Line Taxi, Ottawa Canadian Waste Services– Local 4050, 4209, 4268 St. Lawrence Seaway– Local 4212 B.C. Transit, Victoria– Local 333 Reimer Express Lines– Local 4209 Marine Atlantic Brinks Securicor Cash Services– Local 114

Fisheries

East Coast fish harvesters – FFAW/CAW East Coast fish plant workers – FFAW/CAW West Coast fish harvesters & fish plant workers (UFAWU) Dandy Streams, lakes, and wells throughout fish harvesters & fish plant workers – Local 444

Mining & Smelting

Falconbridge– Local 598 Alcan– Local 2301 Westmin Resources Windsor Salt– Local 1959

Cordial reception & Gaming

C.P./Fairmont/Delta Hotels– Local 4050 Casino Windsor– Local 444 White Spot Restaurants Radisson Hotels– Local 195, 3000, 4209 Kentucky Fried Chicken– Local 3000 Sheraton Hotels Northern Lights Casino Marriot Hotels

Retail & Wholesale Trade

Dominion/A&P/Superfresh– Local 414 Food Basics– Local 414 The Bay/Zellers– Local 240 No Frills– Local 414 Sav-a-Centre– Local 414 Valu-mart– Local 414 PharmaPlus Sears Canada

Health Care

Cape Breton District Health Authority St. Joseph's Health Care, London– Local 27 Versa Care Homes– Local 302, 830, 2458 London Health Sciences Centre Grand River Hospital– Local 302 Camp Hill Medical Centre, Halifax Extendicare Homes– Local 302, 830, 1120, 2458 Homes for the Aged, Thunder Bay– Local 229 Sault Area Hospitals– Local 1120 Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital– Local 2458 Windsor Regional Hospital– Local 2458 Northwood Care, Halifax St. Joseph's Care Group, Thunder Bay– Local 27, 229, 598, 1120

General Services

Montreal-region Auto Dealerships Allstream (AT&T Canada) Scandinavian Centre (B.C.) University of Manitoba University of Windsor– Local 2458 Green Shield Services– Local 240 Windsor Star– Local 240

Related Links

CAW Locals - CAW locals listed sequentially.