It took until the last minute, but a tentative deal was made between Unifor and Fiat-Chrysler
The national union reported the development on its official webpage at midnight on Wednesday, the deadline set for a deal to be put in place
The deal covers all 9,000 Canadian employees of Fiat-Chrysler, including those at the Windsor assembly plant Preparations for a strike were underway Wednesday at Unifor Local 444, which represents workers in the ‘Windsor plant Negotiations were reportedly slow on Wednesday afternoon, but the two sides continued to have progressively productive talks
Terms of the deal were not immediately announced A press conference is scheduled for 10 am Thursday to provide details
Members are expected to receive a full overview of the terms of the contract at virtual ratification meetings scheduled for the end of this week Voting on the deal will take place over a 24-hour period starting on Sunday morning
Unifor had already reached an agreement in principle with employees of Ford Canada, and the framework of this agreement was to be used as a template for discussions with FCA and General Motors Contract negotiations with GM have not yet been planned
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