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CAW Union Chief Lewenza to Retire
Ken Lewenza is stepping down as president of the Canadian Auto Workers union in September after five years in the job.
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Ken Lewenza is stepping down as president of the Canadian Auto Workers union in September after five years in the job.
The CAW is poised to merge with the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) in a deal that Lewenza helped engineer. His resignation reportedly surprised CAW leaders because Lewenza was considered a strong candidate to head the combined union, Unifor.
Lewenza and outgoing CEP chief Dave Coles chief have endorsed 35-year CAW veteran Jerry Dias to become president of Unifor, which will be Canada's largest private-sector union. Members will elect new leadership at a founding convention that begins on Aug. 30. Dias has been an assistant to the union's president since 2007 and previously served as a local union president.
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