Canada's largest private-sector union said on Wednesday it plans to hold an organization vote for about 7,000 workers at two Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc assembly plants in Ontario early this year. More than 40 percent of employees at the Toyota plants, in Woodstock and Cambridge, Ontario, have signed union cards, a legal requirement before a certification vote can be held, John Aman, head of organizing for the union, Unifor, said.Unifor, formed in last year's merger of the Canadian Auto Workers and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union, dedicates 10 percent of its revenue to such union drives and has made Toyota a priority, Aman said.A Toyota Motor Canada spokesman said the company was unaware of the timing of any such vote.The CAW had to withdraw a certification application for Toyota from the Ontario Labour Relations Board in 2001 because the requisite 40 percent of a proposed bargaining unit had not signed union cards, Aman said. The International Association of Machinists also withdrew a Toyota unionization bid in 2008 due to inadequate support.
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the automobile business and financial business. Shares of TM fell by 0.51% or $-0.61/share to $119.85. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $93.20 and as high as $134.94. On average, 394743 shares of TM exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 349411.
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