Bob White, former head of the Canadian Auto Workers union, has died at the age of 81. White died Sunday in Kincardine near Owen Sound. He called a maverick by fellow unionists and his signature accomplishment was the breakaway of Canadian autoworkers from United Auto Workers in the US. White’s death was announced by Unifor — the union created in 2013 from the combination of the CAW and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union — which said he “passed away peacefully” without specifying the cause of his death.
