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Article: Canadian Auto Workers Ask for Even More Paid Time Off.
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- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI)
- Article date:
- September 13, 2002
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Byline: John Gallagher
Sep. 13--If you're one of those people who have to force themselves to use all their vacation days, consider the plight of autoworkers in Canada.
A 15-year veteran of the Canadian Auto Workers union who works for a major automaker gets 9 1/2 weeks of paid time off each year, counting holidays and plant shutdowns.
That's more than two weeks longer than a similar U.S. autoworker gets as a member of the United Auto Workers. And it's roughly twice as much paid time off as an average worker in metro Detroit.
But as generous as that sounds, the CAW is asking for more paid time off as it negotiates with General Motors ...