CAW National President Ken Lewenza speaks at the Canadian Automotive
Workers' First Constitutional and Collective Bargaining Convention in
Toronto on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012.
Toronto - Canadian Auto Workers delegates have voted unanimously to
merge with the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada,
combining two of Canada's largest private-sector unions.
The union said Wednesday all of the 1,000 delegates voted for the merger at the CAW's constitutional and collective bargaining convention in Toronto.
"This new union has the potential to change the way workers are represented in this country, bringing about stronger democracy in the workplace and greater community involvement," CAW president Ken Lewenza said after his union's vote.
"This union will pose a serious challenge to the unrepresentative, unfair economic and political systems workers now find themselves caught in."
The deal still has to be decided by CEP delegates, who will vote on the proposal when they meet in Quebec City in October.
The new union would represent more than 300,000 workers across roughly 20 economic sectors.
Most of the membership would be concentrated in manufacturing, communications and transportation.
Lewenza and other key players have said the two groups must join forces in order to ensure protection for existing members and inject some life back into the national labour movement.
It will be hard for the CAW to part with its name, Lewenza said Wednesday before the results of the vote were announced.
"But it's a name," he said, adding that a new approach to organized labour is needed in light of what he calls the government's attack on unions in recent years.
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The union said Wednesday all of the 1,000 delegates voted for the merger at the CAW's constitutional and collective bargaining convention in Toronto.
"This new union has the potential to change the way workers are represented in this country, bringing about stronger democracy in the workplace and greater community involvement," CAW president Ken Lewenza said after his union's vote.
"This union will pose a serious challenge to the unrepresentative, unfair economic and political systems workers now find themselves caught in."
The deal still has to be decided by CEP delegates, who will vote on the proposal when they meet in Quebec City in October.
The new union would represent more than 300,000 workers across roughly 20 economic sectors.
Most of the membership would be concentrated in manufacturing, communications and transportation.
Lewenza and other key players have said the two groups must join forces in order to ensure protection for existing members and inject some life back into the national labour movement.
It will be hard for the CAW to part with its name, Lewenza said Wednesday before the results of the vote were announced.
"But it's a name," he said, adding that a new approach to organized labour is needed in light of what he calls the government's attack on unions in recent years.
Continue reading here.
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