The Canadian Auto Workers union has declared political independence after delegates to the union's constitutional convention voted to formally sever ties with the New Democratic Party.
And the union's high-profile leader, Buzz Hargrove, admitted yesterday he's still angry over his treatment by the NDP after the last federal election.
Hargrove's endorsement of a party or a candidate means squat in terms of delivering his members' votes. However, provincial NDP campaigns that receive money and workers from the CAW may be in trouble. It will be interesting to see whether Niagara CAW locals will support the NDP in Welland to the same extent they have in the past. The CAW has always been able to count on Kormos, can he count on them for cash and union releases in 2007?
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