Workers at GM's CAMI plant, in Ingersoll, ON, are going back to work.
General Motors and Unifor Local 88 reached a tentative agreement in their ongoing labour dispute over the weekend. Earlier today, Unifor members got to hear about the deal and then had the chance to vote on whether to ratify it or not.
The results are in, and the membership voted overwhelmingly in favour of the new four-year contract.
With the ratification of the deal, production of the high-demand 2018 Chevrolet Equinox will start as soon as this evening. There is already a schedule in place for workers to be back on the line - the production line this time - by 7 pm.
The return to work comes just one day shy of a full month off. About 2,800 workers walked off the job at the Ingersoll plant September 17th. Workers at the plant wanted a commitment from GM that production of the company's Equinox compact SUV would remain in Canada, and not move to plants in Mexico. Currently, production is shared between two plants in Mexico, and the Canadian plant, with the Canadian plant building the majority of vehicles.
Workers at the plant didn't get that commitment. A report from the CBC said that instead, they would get pay increases. Four percent over four years, and a $2,000 lump sum for each year of the new contract. "Despite our every effort, General Motors steadfastly refused to accept our members' reasonable demand to designate the CAMI plant as General Motors lead producer for the Chevy Equinox," Unifor president Jerry Dias told Local 88 members.
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