General Motors of Canada and trade union federation Unifor have arrived at tentative agreements covering more than 4,600 union members.
The agreements apply to Unifor Locals employed at the Oshawa Assembly Plant, the CAMI Assembly Plant in Ingersoll, the St. Catharines Propulsion Plant, and the Woodstock Parts Distribution Centre.
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Talks between the union and the automaker opened on 10 August.
The GM agreements received unanimous backing from the Unifor General Motors Master Bargaining Committee.
Members will learn the specifics of the deal at ratification meetings set for 29–30 August.
Unifor national president Lana Payne said: “Our bargaining committee worked diligently to reach these agreements, which deliver strong income and benefit gains, amid some of the most challenging times in our history.”
The GM negotiations follow a separate settlement reached with Ford last month, when Ford Motor Company of Canada and Unifor ratified a three-year labour contract that included a C$1.25bn commitment to manufacturing investment in Canada.
That agreement covered more than 5,000 hourly employees represented by Ford-Unifor and set a 9% general wage increase over its term.
Under the terms of the Ford deal, eligible full-time permanent workers are due a C$10,000 ratification bonus, with temporary employees receiving C$2,000.
In a separate development, GM last week discontinued sales of Chevrolet-branded vehicles in China after more than two decades in the market, as sales continued their extended decline in the world’s largest vehicle market.
Chevrolet launched in China in 2005 and reached peak deliveries of 767,000 units in 2014 through a dealer network of nearly 1,000 outlets.
Sales fell below 9,000 units in 2025 and kept dropping in the first half of 2026.
