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June 02, 2004 12:00 AM

Strike at Michelin tyre plant in Ontario

ERJ Staff
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    Kitchener, Ontario-About 1000 production workers staffing Michelin North America (Canada) Inc.'s Goodrich tyre unit in Kitchener went on strike at midnight 31 May.

    The company is asking for concessions in numerous areas, according to Wayne Fraser, director of United Steelworkers of America District 6, which covers Ontario and several other Atlantic provinces.

    Michelin wants its workers to contribute to health care benefits-something they haven't done before-accept job subcontracting, a two-tiered wage system and lifetime caps on health benefits for future retirees, and allow changes in their cost-of-living agreement, Fraser said.

    Workers belonging to USWA Local 677 began setting up pickets outside the Kitchener site at midnight when their three-year contract with Michelin expired. The campaign should quickly expand to the company's customers, Fraser said.

    The Kitchener facility produces passenger car and light truck radial tyres. Its capacity is about 17 000 tyres per day, according to Rubber & Plastics News' 2003 Global Tire Report. A lengthy strike by Local 677 could curtail about 20 percent of Michelin's Canadian production, the USWA claims.

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