Unifor members at Ford Motor Co. of Canada have voted by a slim majority to ratify the tentative collective agreement struck Sept. 19 between union negotiators and the automaker. Membership approval of the three-year deal, which was unanimously endorsed by Unifor’s auto bargaining committee, locks in substantial wage gains and pension improvements for workers, and
Unifor’s tentative deal with Ford Motor Co. of Canada includes immediate wage increases of up to 22 percent and a commitment to added engine production capacity in Windsor, Ont. The automaker has also pledged to transfer workers currently on defined contribution pensions plans to the superior defined benefits plan in 2025. In a summary of
An earlier version of the story had Magna’s investment in Canadian dollars. Magna International Inc., committed Feb. 15 to investing $350 million to open a new battery enclosures plant in Brampton, Ont., as well as expand five of its other auto parts manufacturing facilities spread throughout southern Ontario. The spending will create more than 1,000
The card reader on the fuel pump, toll tag on the windshield and apps to pay for parking or an electric vehicle charge may soon go the way of the credit card imprinter. Outfitted with the necessary sensors, software and communicative hardware, connected vehicles could soon function as rolling wallets, streamlining many of the simple
Mercedes-Benz Group and Volkswagen Group on Tuesday signed deals with the Canadian government to secure access to Canada’s large stores of key battery materials such as lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite, as the German companies compete for scarce supplies of raw materials with other automakers shifting to electric vehicles. Markus Schaefer, chief technology officer at
Three longtime labor leaders have declared their candidacy to become the next president of Unifor as the union navigates its first leadership transition. Formed from the 2013 merger of the Canadian Auto Workers and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, Unifor represents 315,000 workers in Canada. That includes about 40,000 at auto parts
