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Unifor and General Motors Co. reached tentative labour agreements over the weekend just as trade tensions were heating up between Canada and the United States, the union said.
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The union that represents more than 4,600 GM workers on Saturday announced that the tentative deals are unanimously endorsed by its bargaining committee.
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“We entered this round of talks in the midst of tariff uncertainty and relentless U.S. trade aggression,” said Trevor Longpre, Unifor’s General Motors bargaining chairperson. “Thanks to the hard work of every member of our negotiating team, we emerged with a deal that secures the pattern set by our union with Ford.”
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Negotiations between Unifor and GM began on Aug. 10, following the ratification of a pattern collective agreement with Ford Motor Company. Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, ratified a new three-year collective agreement with Ford on July 19.
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The GM tentative agreements will cover 2,750 members employed at the assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont., 1,050 at the idled CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont., 700 at propulsion plant in St. Catharines, Ont. and 110 at the parts distribution centre in Woodstock, Ont.
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Approximately 30 per cent of Unifor members at General Motors in Canada were on layoffs when talks opened earlier this month.
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Details of the agreements will be released to members at ratification meetings scheduled Aug. 29 to 30.
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“Our bargaining committee worked diligently to reach these agreements, which deliver strong income and benefit gains, amid some of the most challenging times in our history,” said Unifor national president Lana Payne.
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