In September, more than 5,600 Unifor members at Ford ratified a collective agreement that raised pay by almost 20 per cent over three years
A vehicle exits out of the Ford Windsor Engine Plant as negotiations continue past the strike deadline on Sept. 19, in Windsor.’s skilled-trades group, said in an interview that he will fight to win better wages and pensions for his members when bargaining starts this month. He vowed to depart from the union’s tradition of, traditionally uses the first contract reached as a template, or pattern, for talks with the other two Detroit-based carmakers.
“It don’t ratify without me,” said Mr. Cassidy, who is president of Unifor Local 444. He is one of 60 Unifor officials on the bargaining team, and, as skilled-trades chairman, speaks on behalf of about 50,000 skilled tradespeople at employers across Canada. Second, he said, is that “the skilled-trades revolt at Ford will likely spill over into GM and Stellantis bargaining.” Prof. Savage predicted the pattern agreement will face fewer hurdles with GM’s work force, which is younger and less worried about pensions than those at Ford and Stellantis.
Stellantis employs a total of 8,230 Unifor workers in Canada. In addition to its plant in Windsor, where it makes minivans, it has a muscle-car factory in Brampton, Ont.; a parts factory in Toronto; and warehouses and offices in Southern Ontario and Red Deer, Alta. The process was adopted by Unifor when it formed in 2013 out of a merger of the Canadian Auto Workers and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, he said.
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