U.S. autoworkers' union boss says strikes will continue in bid for better offers from companies

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United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain said Friday that while Detroit's automakers have increased their wage and benefit offers, he believes the union can gain more if it holds out longer in contract talks.

Workers at Mack Trucks reject tentative contract deal and will go on strike early MondayUnifor members at GM vote 80 per cent in favour of new contractAuto workers escalate strike, walking out at Ford's largest factory and threatening StellantisMore than 30 members of Parliament are calling on Canada to support an immediate ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas that has left thousands dead in two weeks.

Friday morning the Canadian government issued a non-essential travel advisory to portions of the Caribbean due to risk of natural disaster. A number of residents in a midtown Toronto neighbourhood are sounding the alarm about what they described as a brazen and terrifying trend that has seen their homes being broken into by suspects with one objective in mind: stealing key fobs so they can take their vehicles.

Israel says Hamas has freed two American hostages who had been held in Gaza since militants rampaged through southern Israel Oct. 7. The hostage release Friday came even as Israeli airstrikes continued to hit southern Gaza, an area swelled by civilians who fled there from the north on Israeli instructions.The U.S. and U.K.

 

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