The deal recognizes employee contributions with significant pay and benefit increases and additional job security, the automaker said.
The new agreement covers autoworkers at GM's assembly plant in Oshawa, a powertrain plant in St. Catharines, and a parts distribution center in Woodstock.
Payne said she expects a ratification vote on the GM deal in the coming days. If approved, only Jeep maker Stellantis would be left without a contract with Unifor. Payne said she expects talks to begin soon with the company, which has the largest manufacturing footprint in Canada of the Detroit automakers."I expect Stellantis will come here kicking and screaming the same way that General Motors did," she told reporters Tuesday.
Payne said earlier that the union had a lot of bargaining leverage with GM because the factory in Oshawa is working around the clock to build profitable Chevrolet pickups.
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