Fiat-Chrysler and Unifor reach tentative agreement
TORONTO — Unifor says Fiat Chrysler has commited to invest a total of $554 million at its Ontario plants in addition to increasing wages and benefits for the union’s members in line with a pattern established at General Motors.
Unifor president Jerry Dias announced a tentative four-year deal with Fiat Chrysler just minutes before a strike deadline of 11:59 p.m. Monday night.
He said the deal, which followed what he called “one very difficult set of negotiations,” mirrors the one reached with General Motors on Sept. 20.
That deal, since ratified by GM workers, includes a two per cent wage increase this year and another two per cent increase in September 2019. There is also a $6,000 signing bonus plus lump-sum bonuses of $2,000 in each of the next three years to most employees.