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OTTAWA: Some 5,600 Ford workers in Canada began voting Saturday on a new three-year deal reached earlier between Unifor, a Canadian autoworkers’ union and Ford Motor Co.
NEW AGREEMENT This file photo shows a man looking at a Ford Escape PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) and its charging station during the 2020 Canadian International Autoshow at the Metro Toronto Convention Center in Toronto, Canada on Feb. 18, 2020. Some 5,600 Ford workers in Canada began voting on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, on a new three-year deal reached earlier between Unifor, a Canadian autoworkers’ union, and Ford Motor Co. XINHUA PHOTO
“Autoworkers, like all workers, are gripped by an affordability crisis and rising costs,” the union’s leadership wrote in a joint message to union members.
Unifor said the new deal “delivers in a very big way” on members’ priorities regarding pensions, wages and working in the electric-vehicle transition, with top-scale workers poised to see their wages increase more than 19 percent over the life of the agreement.
“This was an extraordinary round of collective bargaining, taking place in an extraordinary time,” Unifor said.
The tentative agreement comes as Ford is making progress in its negotiations with the United Auto Workers, the union representing American workers.
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