WINDSOR, ON—CAW members at Chrysler’s assembly plant here have voted almost unanimously in support of a strike as a way to back workers’ contact demands. The union’s expires in mid-September.

SAO PAULO, Brazil—A Brazilian union carried out a 24-hour strike on Monday at the GM assembly plant here to protest dwindling output.

FORT WORTH, TX—Lockheed has reached a tentative deal with a union that has been on strike for eight weeks at the defense contractor’s assembly plant here.

FORT WORTH, TX—Lockheed Martin is hiring temporary workers for its aircraft assembly plant here to replace striking Machinists’ union members.

TORONTO—Two of Canada’s most prominent unions—the Canadian Auto Workers and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union—are holding merger talks in what could become the biggest consolidation in Canadian labor history.

WASHINGTON—Labor concessions and substantial government subsidies have been crucial to the revival of U.S. manufacturing, says one expert.

WINDSOR, ON—Union workers at two suppliers to Chrysler’s assembly plant here ratified new contracts Sunday. But, talks have broken off at another supplier, Oakley Industries.

WINDSOR, ON—Chrysler’s assembly plant here is resuming production this afternoon after a temporary stoppage due to a strike at a parts supplier.

JOLIET, IL—Union workers have rejected Caterpillar Inc.’s latest contract offer and walked off the job at the tractor manufacturer’s assembly plant here.

WINDSOR, ON—Chrysler has fired four hourly employees at its assembly plant here for allegedly drinking alcohol while on the job.