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14 July, 2005
United Steelworker (USWA) members at four Michelin plants in the US and Canada ratified new two-year labour agreements last week that enhances job security protections and pledges the French-based tyre firm to make minimum US$150 million capital improvements to the plants. The ratification in Canada at the company’s Kitchener, Ontario, plant ended an 11-week strike for 1,000 workers. The USWA fended off concessions at Michelin’s four unionized North American plants, and won protections against contracting out maintenance and a guarantee of no layoffs or plant closings during the term of the contract. The three US plants are located in Tuscaloosa and Opelika, Alabama, and Fort Wayne, Indiana.