Lana Payne speaks to delegates after being elected as president of UNIFOR, Canada's largest private sector union, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Aug. 10, 2022.
The Canadian tentative agreement was reached on day five of the United Auto Workers union initiating targeted strikes against Ford and its crosstown rivals General Motors and Chrysler-parent Stellantis .
DETROIT – Ford Motor avoided having to face labor strikes on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border Tuesday night, as the automaker and Canadian union Unifor announced a tentative deal covering 5,600 autoworkers in the country's Ontario providence.
Unifor, which represents 18,000 Canadian workers at the Detroit automakers, took a more traditional approach to its negotiations than its U.S. counterpart did.
The Canadian union picked Ford as its "target" company instead of following the UAW's new strategy of bargaining with all three automakers.
Persons:
Lana Payne, UNIFOR, Unifor, Ford, Shawn Fain
Organizations:
Metro Toronto Convention, Plant, Ford Edge, Lincoln Nautilus, Ford, United Auto Workers, General Motors, Chrysler, Detroit, Ford Motor, U.S ., Detroit automakers, U.S, GM, UAW
Locations:
Oakville, Unifor, DETROIT, U.S, Canada, Ontario, autoworkers, Wentzville , Missouri, Wayne , Michigan, Toledo , Ohio