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CAW get GST protection
Year Published: 1990Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX4090 Abstract: The Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) has successfully negotiated a precedent-setting contract with Air Canada that will give 3,200 employees protection against the inflationary effect of the proposed goods and services tax (GST). The agreement ignores calls from Finance Minister Michael Wilson for unions to accept wage increases less than the rate of inflation. Wilson has said that the high interest rates imposed by Bank of Canada governor John Crow will be continued until wages increases are dropped below the rate of inflation. CAW President Bob White said that workers will not take the blame for the federal government's "stupid economic policies." |