In a moment when the Canadian auto industry faces mounting pressure from trade uncertainty and shifting markets, General Motors and Unifor have reached a three-year agreement that anchors more than 4,600 workers to four facilities across Ontario. The deal — centred on a $144 million commitment to bring next-generation Sierra heavy-duty truck production to Oshawa — reflects the enduring negotiation between industrial capital and organized labour over who bears the cost of economic disruption. Beyond wages and bonuses, the agreement offers something rarer: written assurances that idled plants wi
GM invests $144M to bring next-gen trucks back to Oshawa under new union deal
The deal aims to reduce layoffs at Oshawa after a third shift was eliminated in January, and creates 250 new jobs at St. Catharines.