UNIFOR AND FORD STRIKE CANADA PATTERN SETTING DEAL FOR BIG THREE AUTO MAKERS

Ford and Canadian auto workers union Unifor have struck a tentative deal for a three-year contract, heading off the risk of a Canada-wide strike. The agreement covers all Ford operations in Canada and was made last night (Tues Sept 19) and followed the extension of talks for 24 hours beyond a Monday 11:59pm deadline, when the last Unifor/Ford deal expired. A Unifor statement released 9.15pm said: “We leveraged our union’s most powerful weapon: the right to strike. The gains achieved were hard fought for over weeks of negotiations at every subcommittee, local ...


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