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DynastyRG
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A group of disgruntled workers at a recently closed auto parts supply company in Windsor, Ont. have taken over the plant.
In the latest bizarre twist in a saga that has been brewing since two auto plants in the area shut down early last week, about a dozen workers occupied the Aradco plant Tuesday night. They have welded the doors shut from the inside and say they will not leave until they get what they are owed.
Work at the Aradco plant stopped last week because of a dispute between the plant owners and Chrysler, which has mused publicly about pulling out of its Canadian operations unless unionized workers make substantial concessions.
The Canadian Auto Workers Union that represents the Aradco workers say that in the wake of the shutdown, the workers are owed money for severance pay, vacation pay, and termination pay totalling $1.7 million.
The plant’s owner, Catalina Precision Products Ltd. has offered the workers four weeks of severance pay or about $200,000 in total for all 80 workers.
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Lomeli
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Wow talk about a revolution coming about!
From my calculations they are asking for, if all funds are distributed equally, $21, 250 a piece. Which does not seem totally unreasonable providing we are talking about all senior workers with many years of experience.
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DynastyRG
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what is the minimum anyways? I know when my dad was laid off a while back they have him nearly a year’s worth of severance.
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Lomeli
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I think by law you are owed a weeks pay for every year that you work. However I do not know the specifics of this contract.
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