Unifor Ratifies Two-Year Contract With General Motors

Workers to get an immediate 10 Percent Raise

The revised AIAG Guiding Principles now include sections on topics such as carbon neutrality and circularity. Photo courtesy General Motors

INGERSOLL, Canada—General Motors Co. and Unifor, the union representing autoworkers in Canada, reached a deal Sept. 23 on a new contract for workers at GM’s CAMI Assembly plant here.

GM and Unifor kicked off negotiations for a new agreement on Sept. 16. Unifor sought to follow the pattern set by the union during 2023 bargaining with GM, Ford Motor Co. and Stellantis. The 2023 GM-Unifor deal, which covered workers at GM’s Oshawa Assembly truck plant, St. Catharines Powertrain plant and Woodstock Parts Distribution Centre, came with wage increases, a reduced progression timeline to get to the top rate, and bonuses.

More than 1,100 union members work at CAMI Assembly, which manufactures the Chevrolet BrightDrop electric van. An additional 200 members assemble battery packs at the plant.

Unifor members voted 95.7 percent to ratify the contract, which will see workers’ pay rise 10 percent immediately with a 2 percent increase in September 2025 and an additional 3 percent increase in July 2026. The contract will also provide for a 20.25 percent wage increase for skilled trades, the union said in a statement.

The new two-year agreement is now set to expire on September 20, 2026, according to Unifor.

“For the first time Unifor has successfully negotiated a two-year contract term that will align CAMI members with the union’s Detroit Three negotiations to combine the future bargaining power of more than 5,600 GM members,” Unifor National President Lana Payne said.

In a statement, GM Canada said: “This agreement…recognizes the many contributions of our represented team members with significant increases in wages, benefits and job security.”