General Motors has reached a tentative agreement with the Canadian auto workers union, Unifor, about 13 hours after workers walked off the job.
Shortly after 1 p.m., GM announced the tentative agreement with Unifor for about 4,200 workers at three plants. The automaker said work will resume at all three factories this afternoon.
At midnight, workers walked off the line after failing to reach an agreement.
Last month, Uniform ratified a three-year labor contract with Ford, and the union sought a similar agreement with GM.
Unifor officials said highlights of the agreement include base hourly wage increases of nearly 20% for production and 25% for skilled trade over the life of the agreement, reactivation of the cost-of-living allowance, wage progression reduction and more.
"It is thanks to the solidarity of you, the members, that it was possible to move General Motors to accept the pattern to the letter, including all items that company had initial fought us on such as pensions, retiree income supports and converting full-time temporary workers into permanent employees over the life of the agreement," a letter to workers read.
