Canadian Paccar workers to vote on final offer
STE-THERESE, Que. (Dec. 3, 2004) — Paccar workers locked out of the Kenworth medium-duty truck plant this week will vote on a final offer from management at a meeting tomorrow in Boisbriand.
About 800 workers at the truck-manufacturing plant were locked out yesterday amid a labour dispute between the Canadian Autoworkers Union and the company.
Last Saturday, 88 per cent of union members rejected a deal that would have given them a salary increase of 12 per cent over five years. Their contract expired at midnight on Dec. 1.
The CAW says it is seeking improved seniority clauses and a better pension plan.
The Ste-Thérèse plant is Paccar’s primary medium-duty truck assembly facility for Kenworth trucks. It also builds some Peterbilt truck models.
The two parties have been negotiating with the aid of a Quebec labour department conciliator, CBC News reports.
— with files from CBC News
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