The negotiations cover 4,200 hourly employees in Ontario who work at the Oshawa assembly plant, St. Catharines engine and transmission factory, and parts warehouse in Woodstock
“It is a fight right now,” Ms. Payne said. “It’s a fight at the bargaining table with GM, but if we can’t get this pattern achieved, it ends up in one place – on a picket line.”
The Ford contract brings wage increases of 10 per cent in the first year, and 2 and 3 per cent in the following years. Workers in the skilled trades will receive raises of an additional 2.75 per cent in year one of the contract and 2.5 per cent in year three. “This is a very good agreement that makes significant gains for autoworkers,” said Steven Tufts, a professor at York University. “But it’s in the context of high inflation and an increased period of raised worker expectations.”
The pattern set at Ford is expected to receive more support from GM workers, given the majority at the Oshawa plant are recent hires eager for the faster path to better wages.
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