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Chrysler LLC has warned the Canadian government and the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union that it will close its assembly operations north of the border unless it gets $2.3 billion in loans from Ottawa, a 25% reduction in labor costs and a waiver on more than $1 billion in taxes owed...
Chrysler president Thomas LaSorda, himself Canadian born, told a top Parliamentary committee Wednesday night that unless the Canada capitulates, he will move operations to the U.S. and Mexico, a position that has not only infuriated the CAW, but also triggered a public backlash against the teetering automaker. "I'm truly shocked," says analyst Dennis DesRosiers of Richmond Hill, Ont.-based DesRosiers Automotive Consultants. "LaSorda said things I thought I would never hear from an auto executive." The privately owned automaker has not shown the same flash of bravado and temper in dealing with Congress and the United Autoworkers...
Chrysler may be trying to push the CAW's wage costs below that of the UAW's. Chrysler's hourly compensation for its Canadian work force, including non-wage benefits such as paid time off, is about $58 (C$75) compared with $55 in the U.S . The Detroit Three have extensive operations in Canada because under the Auto Pact signed in the 1960s, they agreed to make 60% of the cars sold to Canadians in their country. In exchange, tariffs were removed from vehicle imports...
...economic challenges faced by women. “Through the Negev” depicts the struggle of Sudanese women and children trying to survive as refugees in Israel despite intense suspicion and distrust against them. “Club Native” reveals how Mohawk women in the Canadian town of Kahnawake face patriarchal norms that force them to marry to preserve “blood purity” while disenfranchising women of mixed heritage. Another film, “The Sari Soldiers,” profiles six Nepalese women on divergent ends of the political, economic and social spectrum...
Cornell’s leading scorer, sophomore Rebecca Johnston, has been the only member of the Big Red hockey team to score on the Crimson this year. Johnston, a teammate of Vaillancourt’s on the Canadian national team, has the most career points of any Cornell player, with 77 as only a second-year...