TORONTO (AP) — Auto workers walked off the job at three General Motors facilities in Canada early Tuesday after failing to reach agreement with the automaker.
Their union, Unifor, represents more than 4,200 workers at the plants.
They had warned they would begin a strike if no agreement was struck with GM by midnight local time.
Workers at Ford of Canada ratified a new deal late last month that raises base hourly pay for production workers by almost 20% over three years.
Unifor had earlier avoided going on strike against the Detroit automakers, unlike its U.S. counterpart, the United Auto Workers.
Persons:
”, Lana Payne, General Motors, ” Payne, ” Jennifer Wright, Payne, Unifor
Organizations:
TORONTO, — Auto, General, GM, Ford, General Motors Corp, Unifor, Oshawa Assembly, Operations, Catharines Propulsion Plant, Woodstock, Distribution, Workers, Canada, Detroit, ., United Auto Workers
Locations:
Canada, St, Catharines, Oshawa , Ontario, CAMI, Ingersoll , Ontario