By Robb M. Stewart
General Motors struck a tentative deal with workers at a plant in southwest Ontario, averting a possible strike.
Labor union Unifor said Wednesday it reached a tentative collective agreement with GM covering more than 1,300 workers at the facilities in Ingersoll. Details of the settlement are set to be released to union members at a ratification meeting Sunday.
The two sides on Tuesday extended a negotiation deadline that was set to expire that night. Unifor Local 88 members at the GM operation had voted 97% in favor of a strike if an agreement wasn't reached.
Unifor represents more than 1,000 workers at the plant that builds the Chevrolet BrightDrop EV 600 and EV 400, as well as roughly 200 battery-assembly workers. The union was seeking improvements to wages, pensions and job security as well as aligning future contract-bargaining dates for its members in Ingersoll with the Canadian union's main negotiations with Detroit's big three, Ford, GM and Stellantis.
The union has said GM assembly workers at the plant have been affected by an eight-month retooling period and lengthy production halts caused by battery shortages since March 2020.
Write to Robb M. Stewart at robb.stewart@wsj.com
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