The union representing almost 19,000 Canadian auto staff is ready to open contract talks with Stellantis Tuesday, marking the ultimate spherical of its bargaining with the Detroit Three.
Unifor has already ratified new collective agreements with Ford Motor Co. and Normal Motors this summer time with present offers set to run out Sept. 20.
Unifor usually makes use of sample bargaining for its auto sector negotiations, setting phrases it hopes to copy with different firms.
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Final month, the union mentioned it acquired discover that Stellantis was contemplating the closure and sale of its Brampton, Ont., meeting plant, which has been idled since 2023. The Brampton plant had been slated to be retooled for Jeep manufacturing earlier than the corporate paused the plan in early 2025, and later introduced it was transferring manufacturing of the Jeep Compass to the USA.
The talks come towards the backdrop of U.S. tariffs battering native automakers, as a 25 per cent levy on all automobiles and vans not constructed within the U.S. stays in place, excluding people who adjust to the Canada-United States-Mexico Settlement.
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened final week on social media to hike tariffs on all automobiles, auto components and metal from Canada to 50 per cent starting Jan. 1.
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