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Detroit Three, union set to open bargaining against backdrop of tariffs, CUSMA review
Unifor says nearly 19,000 workers face pressure from tariffs and Chinese EV competition as it seeks product allocation commitments from Ford, GM and Stellantis.
- Unifor begins its most significant labour negotiations in history with the Detroit Three automakers on Monday in Toronto, representing nearly 19,000 Canadian auto workers.
- The union faces "unprecedented uncertainty" from an ongoing trade war involving U.S. tariffs, with a July 1 deadline looming to extend the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement .
- Labour studies professor Larry Savage notes Unifor enters talks from "a position of relative weakness," with nearly 6,500 jobs lost since February 2025 despite Ford's $5 billion investment.
- Rejecting concessions, Unifor President Payne argued the tariff crisis must be resolved at the negotiating table between Canada and the United States, not through workplace cuts.
- Automotive research leader Ryan Robinson of Deloitte indicated the outcome depends on how comfortable the Detroit Three are with the direction of impending CUSMA negotiations.
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Detroit automakers, union set to open bargaining against backdrop of tariffs, CUSMA review
Unifor, which typically uses pattern bargaining for its auto sector negotiations, will go toe-to-toe with Ford first , just as it did three years ago. Talks with Stellantis and GM are expected to follow.
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Detroit Three, union set to open bargaining against backdrop of tariffs, CUSMA review
TORONTO - Against the backdrop of U.S. tariffs battering local automakers, uncertainty linked to upcoming trade talks and the "incursion" of Chinese electric vehicles into Canada, the union representing nearly
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