\u003Cp\u003EThe difference with GM, said Stephanie Ross, an associate professor of labour studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., is in the plant demographics.\u003C/p\u003E
Fresh off a tight ratification vote at Ford Motor Co. of Canada, Unifor’s auto bargaining committee is unlikely to face the same level of pushback from members at General Motors of Canada, if the union can lock in its bargaining pattern with the automaker, labour experts say.
“Most are quite low in seniority, so they’re on that grow-in tier. If the Ford pattern is established there, they’re going to benefit from it quite significantly.” Brendan Sweeney, managing director of the Trillium Network for Advanced Manufacturing, said with most workers at GM having started at the automaker in the last couple years, the overnight wage gains will be life changing.
Before the union’s bargaining committee can think about ratification, however, it needs to leverage its Ford contract into a deal with GM.
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