Talks Today Between Union and Car Dealerships

By Elaine Macdonald

Negotiators for the Steelworkers union, Wood Wheaton and P.G. Motors,  meeet today for contract talks.  

The  negotiations get underway as about 40 employees for the Ford dealership  find themselves locked out for a third straight day.  The dealership took that action  in the wake of a rejection of a contract offer.

Employees at Wood Wheaton also rejected a similar package.

Steelworkers negotiator, Rod Park says the P.G. Motors workers  are ready to be infor the long haul.  They are committed to getting a settlement." says Park  "They are tired of all the concessions they've made over the past nine or ten years".  Park says  that following a meeting with the membership, he has a very clear picture of their "wants" but isn't  ready to share that with media until the employers have had a chance to look at the  contract demands.

It is beleived, two of the contract  items the workers would like to have are; a return to  two consecutive days off, something they gave up in leaner times, and elimination of the employers desire to scale technician wages to the type of jobs they perform, for example, one rate for brake work, another for transmissions.


There are about 70 people  covered by the contract negotiations.

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