Collective bargaining talks kicked off Monday morning between Ford Motor Co. and Canada’s largest private sector union, which says it is anticipating the “most consequential round of auto bargaining” in its history.
Gathered in a conference room at a downtown Toronto hotel, negotiations officially got underway following a ceremonial handshake between Unifor national president Lana Payne and Meredith Keenan, vice-president of human resources at Ford of Canada.
Unifor, which represents nearly 19,000 Canadian autoworkers across the sector, typically uses pattern bargaining for its auto sector negotiations. The union chose Ford as its target to open the collective bargaining process, just as it did during the last round in 2023….