Unifor national president Lana Payne emphasized that autoworkers expect to make significant wage and benefit gains as the union kicked off contract talks with the Detroit Three on Thursday.
"I made it very clear to the companies today that our members' expectations are very high. Indeed, all workers' expectations throughout Canada are very high," she said at a news conference in Toronto.Unifor will likely focus on Ford Motor Co. over General Motors or Stellantis as the lead automaker during this round of three-year contract talks, said Payne, as the company is most advanced and forthcoming on its electric vehicle transition plans and other negotiations.
She said the union made significant pension concessions, including a shift toward defined contributions, when the automakers were on the brink of bankruptcy after the global financial crisis and they'll be fighting to restore some of what was lost. Automakers emphasized the need to balance compensation expectations against the large-scale investments needed to transition the industry to an electric future.
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