CAW Moving Closer to Labor Accord With Ford: Corporate Canada

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The Canadian Auto Workers is concentrating on negotiations with Ford Motor Co. as the union looks to reach a deal that will set the outlines for agreements with General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC and avoid its first strike against a U.S.-based automaker in 16 years.

“We can clearly see the finish line, however we are not there yet,” Peter Kennedy, secretary-treasurer of the CAW, said today in a telephone interview from Toronto. “Even though you have conceptual agreements on some items, until you actually see the language and how it’s written up, you never know.”