David Kennedy

The Northvolt campus will cover 420 acres and will include a cell production plant and precursor steps such as cathode active material production and battery recycling at adjacent facilities.

Negotiations between the union and the U.S. automaker resumed after workers at Ford Motor Co. of Canada voted to approve a new contract.

Unifor picked General Motors Canada as its next bargaining target, a day after union members narrowly ratified a three-year collective agreement with Ford Motor Co. of Canada that set the pattern for this year’s auto talks.

Membership approval of the three-year deal, which was unanimously endorsed by Unifor’s auto bargaining committee, locks in substantial wage gains and pension improvements for workers, and will see Ford invest to expand production at one of its Windsor, Ontario, powertrain plants starting in 2025. 

Unifor's tentative deal with Ford offers considerable immediate wage increases, pay hikes in both the second and third years of the agreement, a C$10,000 ($7,411 USD) signing bonus and a compression of the previous wage grid.

Unifor plans to have members vote on its tentative agreement with Ford Motor Co. of Canada “before the end of the week,” though precise timing for ratification meetings is still being finalized, a union spokesperson told Automotive News Canada Wednesday.

Unifor has struck a last-minute tentative agreement with Ford Motor Co. of Canada, averting what would have been the first strike by Canadian auto workers against the automaker in 33 years.

Union says it received 'a substantive offer from the employer minutes before the deadline' Monday.

The Bank of Montreal is exiting the retail auto finance business, as it looks to redeploy resources to areas where its “competitive positioning is strongest.”

Unifor is “meeting resistance” from Ford on several priority issues, Preisdent Lana Payne says, including pension and wage improvements for members.

AutoCanada and the company’s founder and former CEO Patrick Priestner have settled a longtime legal battle, with neither party admitting wrongdoing or liability.

The all-cash takeover will supersize Toronto-based Alpha Auto, adding 147 U.K. locations to its 15 new-vehicle stores in Canada and the United States.

Union President Lana Payne on Tuesday picked Ford as Unifor’s target automaker — three weeks after hinting she was leaning toward focusing on the company that employs about 5,500 union members in Canada to lead off this year’s contract talks.

Ford Motor Co., SK On and EcoProBM plan to build an $890 million cathode manufacturing plant in Quebec that will provide materials that ultimately supply batteries for Ford’s future EVs.

AutoCanada Executive Chairman Paul Antony credited improving new-car inventories, greater internal efficiency readying used vehicles for resale and the “robust performance” of dealership service departments for the strong results.