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Skilled Trades Association, CAW Local 199 St. Catharines (General Motors Unit)
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 Caterpillar Demands 50% cut in Pay
These lax Canadian regulations are giving a green light to profitable corporations to demand unprecedented pay cuts and concessions, and if these demands are not met, lock the workers out and move the work to other countries. This bargaining strategy is a virus that is impacting a growing number of workers and communities across Canada. If this strategy is not stopped it will result in the demise of thousands of good paying jobs in Canada and impact every single worker regardless of the sector they work in. On Saturday 21st January there will be a rally at Victoria Park in London. The purpose of the rally is to show our support for these CAW members currently locked out from the Caterpillar Plant and the community that they live in. We are urging our members to attend this important rally and help stop this virus. We have booked a bus to drive to London, if you would like to join us please call the Union Hall 905-682-2611. The bus leaves at 8:15 and returns after the rally, lunch will be provided.
Thanks to our Union Leadership Thanks to Gary Martin, Terry White and all our union leadership, the trades are fully employed. The installation of the transmission project is progressing nicely and we have plenty of work going forward. Surely the future for us in St. Catharines will be a brighter one. |
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Electro-Motive,
a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. is demanding pay cuts of 50%,
substantial cuts to benefits and pensions from the 500 workers at
their London plant. The company has stated that without these cuts
the plant will close. Profitable foreign owned corporations such as
U.S. Steel and Carterpillar are capitalizing on a shaky economy,
seriously lax labour laws and domestic investment regulations that
are supposed to create a net benefit for Canada.