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durhamregion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN ♦ October 4,2006 ♦ Page A5 Lear, CAW in negotiations Production of seats for GM Camaro on the line BY IZABELAJAROSZYNSKI Staff Writer DURHAM -- Lear Corporation Corporation is in negotiations with the Canadian Auto Workers union to put in place a costcutting costcutting agreement that would allow the company to make the lowest possible bid for a contract with General General Motors. Chris Buckley, president of CAW Local 222 - which represents the workers at the part manufacturer's facility in Whitby- - says that Lear has asked the workers to agree to cut production costs in order to make a more competitive bid for a contract with GM to produce Chris Buckley Camaro. "When General Motors continues continues to lose market share, they continue to squeeze our parts suppliers for cost offsets," offsets," he said. "And when they go into the bidding process, process, General Motors looks to whichever facility can supply them at the cheapest price." The company and the union have been in discussions for more than four weeks and were close to an agreement when negotiations fell apart last week, Mr. Buckley said. Lear employs 800 in its Whitby facility and hits been producing parts for GM for more than 20 years. The company could not be reached for comment. Mr. Buckley would not specify what terms the union is willing to negotiate or whether the contract contract would come into effect immediately immediately or in 2008 when seat production would begin, but he did say some lion table entirely. "What wc will not allow them to do is touch our wages, pensions and benefits," lie said. A similar refrain was heard from the union when it negotiated negotiated a cost-cutting agreement agreement with General Motors in February in order to win the rights to produce the Camaro Camaro in its Oshawa plant. That agreement resulted in loss of relief time, the outsourcing of non-trades maintenance jobs and a number of other concessions. concessions. Mr. Buckley says. he is hopeful an agreement with the company can be reached by the end of the week, at which point the union would take it to a vote by the membership. membership. "Wc will co-operate with the company where wc can," he said. "Wc are hopeful that we have squeezed the rag light enough without totally disadvantaging disadvantaging our members." On November 13 seats for its new Chevrolet things were off the negotia- Vote Public School Board Trustee votecooke.ca iXXiimXXllliiiixiixiiiiiiiixiiiiiiiiiiirnirii; MORTGAGE RATES BEST RATES AS OF: PRESS TIME | ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE....... 3.70% 6 MONTHS ; 5.75% 1 YEAR................ ...5.40% 2 YEAR. .'. 5.40% ,3 YEAR 5.24% 4 YEAR................:.... .:,:.2.;... ; .............. 5.26% 5 YEAR ..........L 5.24% 7 YEAR 5.43% 10. 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