Unifor GM Members Ratify New Contract for CAMI Assembly

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Unifor members working at the CAMI Assembly and Battery Assembly plants over the past week ratified a new collective agreement with General Motors.* There are pay increases, supporting Unifor’s Detroit Three pattern agreement and eliminates a historic pay lag with counterparts at other Canadian GM facilities. Unifor Local 88 members voted 95.7% in favor to ratify the new two-year agreement, which will expire on September 20, 2026. Local 88 represents more than 1300 members at CAMI Assembly and Battery Assembly who manufacture the Chevrolet BrightDrop EV 600 and EV 400 and Ultium battery modules.

“We are pleased our team members at CAMI Assembly, the manufacturing home of the Chevrolet BrightDrop electric van, have ratified a new agreement that supports our employees and our business. Thank you to the entire Unifor bargaining committee and our GM Canada labor team for your leadership and collaboration,” said Kristian Aquilina, GM Canada President and Managing Director.

“For the first time Unifor has successfully negotiated a two-year contract term that will align CAMI members with the union’s Detroit Three negotiations to combine the future bargaining power of more than 5,600 GM members. Never again will CAMI members have to wait to play catch-up on wages and benefit improvements,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne.

Traditionally CAMI negotiations between Unifor and GM follow Detroit Three master bargaining with Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. The union’s current pattern was set in the last round of auto talks a year ago. The new CAMI contract compresses three years of wage gains in the Detroit Three pattern into the two-year life of the agreement, providing 15% in negotiated wage increases for production workers and 20.25% for Skilled Trades workers. Workers will receive an immediate 10% pay increase with a 2% increase in September 2025 and an additional 3% increase in July 2026.

Other Agreement Highlights

• Wage progression to top pay rate reduced from 8 to 4 years.
• Skilled trades special wage adjustments.
• Reactivation of the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA).
• $10,000 Productivity and Quality bonus for full-time employees.
• Improved income security provisions to protect workers during EV transition.
• Improvements to all pension plans.
• Universal Health Care Allowance quarterly payments to retirees.

Unifor’s next round of negotiations with the Detroit Three will take place in the fall of 2026.

“CAMI workers have been trailblazers in the EV transition and our bargaining committee was determined to bring home the wage increases, pension improvements and income replacement measures to protect them during this evolution and position them for the future,” said Unifor CAMI Plant Chairperson Mike Van Boekel.

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