DETROIT, April 30 (Reuters) – Chrysler Group LLC’s minivan
plant in Windsor, Ontario, reopened on Monday afternoon after
shutting for less than a day due to a short-lived strike at a
nearby supplier plant, Chrysler and the Canadian Auto Workers
said.
The plant, which makes two types of minivans and a cargo
van, was shut for part of Monday after a CAW union local at
Dakkota Integrated Systems initially turned down a new contract,
according to officials with CAW Local 444, which represents
workers at the Chrysler plant.
All three shifts at the plant were told Monday afternoon to
report to duty as normal after union members reversed their
initial vote, the CAW and Chrysler said.
Dakkota workers at its Lakeshore, Ontario, plant on Sunday
voted 61-percent against a new contract that called for a
9-percent pay raise over three years from present production pay
of $17.50 per hour, union officials said.
But on Monday, the same workers reversed that vote,
approving the contract by a 3-to-1 margin, said a CAW
spokeswoman.
The plant makes the Dodge Caravan minivan, the Chrysler Town
& Country minivan and the RAM Cargo Van.
Chrysler is majority-owned and is managed by Italy’s Fiat
SpA.
