CAW, Bombardier have tentative agreement
Last Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2009 | 1:32 PM ET
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Permanent garbage drop-off Bombardier Inc. and the Canadian Auto Workers Union members at the company's de Havilland aircraft manufacturing plant in Toronto reached a tentative agreement Tuesday afternoon.
The company was not successful in two areas it was targetting — hiring more temporary workers who wouldn't be covered by the union contract and cutting retiree benefits, union spokesmen said.
"We were under a lot of pressure to make concessions, but were able to resist these demands," Merv Gray, CAW Local 112 Bombardier plant chairman, said in a news release.
The union did get wage increases, but details weren't released.
The CAW had set a 10 a.m. ET strike deadline, but the parties continued to talk Tuesday.
The union represents 2,750 workers at the company's Downsview plant, which makes two complete aircraft — Bombardier's Q400 turboprop and its Global Express business jet — as well as the wing for the Learjet 45.
Negotiations began two months ago. Union members include production workers, skilled trades and office workers.
A ratification meeting is set for June 28.
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