One more agreement, and the Canadian Auto Workers will be on the road to deals with all three U.S. automakers.
The CAW and Chrysler are working on finalizing a labor contract this week.
Ross Marowits of the Montreal Gazette reports the two sides are close to reaching an agreement.
The chairman of the CAW master bargaining committee for Chrysler said the two sides made significant progress over the last 24 hours. “I think we’re closer and closer by every minute and every hour and again we’re just working at this closing up those loose ends,” Dino Chiodo said Wednesday in an interview from Toronto. “Unless things completely fall off the rails, which I don’t see happening at this point, I think we’re moving along very well and I’m confident that sometime today or tomorrow we’ll be able to achieve the final task of wrapping this up.”
The bargaining teams are expected to meet tonight after 7 p.m.
The CAW and General Motors have reached a tentative agreement. Unionized GM workers in Canada are expected to vote on the proposed agreement today and tomorrow.
Ford workers in Canada approved their agreement this past Monday.
Altogether, the CAW represents around 21,000 auto workers from the "Big Three."
