Canada in Brief, Nov. 2-8

Canada in Brief, Nov. 2-8
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland (L) sits with Unifor President Jerry Dias (R) and United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams in Toronto on Aug. 25, 2017, ahead of an upcoming round of NAFTA renegotiations. The Canadian Press/Chris Young
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Unifor, Wilbur Ross agree on key NAFTA strategy: Dias

Unifor president Jerry Dias says he and U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross have agreed that combating low Mexican wages is the key to breaking the impasse at NAFTA renegotiations.

Dias said Oct. 31 in Washington, D.C., the two parties agreed that Canada and the United States have been hurt by the siphoning off of manufacturing jobs to Mexico and must work together to pressure the country to drive up wages.