General Motors (GM) and the Canadian union Unifor announced a provisional agreement that ends a strike that affected more than 4,280 workers in Canada. The agreement was reached just hours after GM workers went on strike.
Unifor President Lana Payne said in a statement that GM agreed to the union’s demands related to the strike at the Oshawa Assembly Plant, the St. Catherines Powertrain Plant and the Ford Parts Distribution Center. Woodstock.
“Faced with the disruption of these key facilities, General Motors had no choice but to take our demands seriously and accept them,” Payne explained.
The provisional agreement, which must be ratified by GM workers in Canada, parallels the one reached by Unifor with Ford in late September. Among the key provisions of the agreement, GM commits to raising wages by 20 % to 25 % (depending on occupation), offering a subsidy to workers starting in December 2024 to offset rising cost of living, and reducing the period necessary to advance in salary categories of eight to four years.
GM has announced that the workers who participated in the strike will return to their jobs in the next few hours.
Before this deal, GM was facing two simultaneous labor protests, one in Canada and another in the United States. In the US, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union has held strikes at two GM assembly plants and 18 parts distribution centers since September 15.
The Canadian union Unifor had started strikes at all three GM plants in Canada at one point, but this agreement has ended the strike.
K. Tovar
Source: Bancaynegocios
(Referential image source: Claudio Schwarz, Unsplash)
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