Ford avoids a strike at Canadian plants with a tentative deal covering 5,000+ workers. The focus now shifts to UAW talks as the U.S. contract expires this week.
Ford Motor (F) reached a tentative three-year labor agreement with Canadian auto union Unifor, covering more than 5,000 unionized workers at plants in Ontario. The deal arrives ahead of a Sept. 20 strike deadline that would have halted engine and assembly operations at Ford’s Canadian facilities.
Unifor had pushed for higher wages, pension improvements, and job security guarantees. Ford did not disclose the specific terms of the agreement, which requires ratification by union members in the coming days.
Ford shares were little changed on the news. The stock carries an AlphaScala score of 41 out of 100, labeled Mixed, reflecting its position in the Consumer Discretionary sector.
The Canadian deal removes a strike risk at Ford’s northern plants. The larger unresolved labor negotiations with the United Auto Workers in the U.S. remain a bigger overhang. The current UAW contract expires this week, and a work stoppage would hit Ford’s highest-volume production lines.
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