While Unifor Local 88 Plant Chair Mike Van Boekel boasted in a statement that it was a deal the bargaining team could be “proud of,” the union is withholding details of the agreement from workers until a ratification meeting which is scheduled for 10 a.

The union representing workers at the CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ont. says it has reached a tentative collective agreement with General Motors (GM) after bargaining overnight. If ratified, the agreement means workers will avoid strike action after voting 97 per cent in favour of walking off the job in August.

Conditions are ripe for CAMI workers to spearhead a counteroffensive to secure decent-paying, permanent jobs for all autoworkers. Their contract is expiring under conditions of a major upsurge of the class struggle across North America.

GM and Unifor reach tentative agreement at CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont.

A tentative agreement has been reached between Unifor and workers at CAMi Assemby in Ingersoll. Details of the tentative agreement will be released to union members first at a ratification meeting scheduled to take place Sunday.

Canada’s largest private sector union Unifor has said it has reached a tentative collective agreement with General Motors that covers more than 1,300 members at the company's CAMI Assembly and Battery Assembly facilities in Ingersoll, Ontario.

Canadian labor union Unifor extended its deadline for contract negotiations with General Motors on Tuesday, averting a strike at the plant in Ingersoll, Ontario that makes electric vehicles and batteries.