TORONTO – Fiat-Chrysler goes on the hot seat today as it sits down to negotiate a new contract with its Canadian unionized workforce.
The start of talks follows on the heels of workers at General Motors accepting a new contract.
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Unifor, which represents workers at the Detroit Three in Canada, calls the GM deal a major breakthrough, and says it will be used as a basis for negotiations with both Fiat-Chrysler and Ford.
Unifor president Jerry Dias hailed the contract as “historic” and the best deal the union has struck with one of the auto giants in the past decade.
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The agreement includes a two per cent wage increase this year and another two per cent increase in September, 2019.
There is also a $6,000 initial signing bonus plus lump sum bonuses of $2,000 in each of the next three years for most employees. And GM promised to invest $554-million in its Canadian operations.
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