GM picked as next bargaining target by Unifor in Canada

“We’ve got an incredibly strong pattern agreement at Ford that will serve us well over the coming years,” Unifor President Lana Payne said in a statement. “Our job now is to negotiate that pattern in the form of a renewal collective agreement with General Motors and Stellantis. General Motors will be our next target company. Starting [Sept. 26], Unifor will be at the table with GM.”

Unifor’s bargaining committee aims to apply the same general formula as the Ford deal, typically with carve-outs for local issues, to talks with GM. The automaker has one assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario, employing about 3,100 hourly workers in Canada that fall under its master collective agreement.

GM also employs 1,100 hourly workers at its powertrain plant in St. Catharines, Ontario.