Neither Ford nor Unifor is releasing details of the tentative agreement reached nearly 24 hours after the last contract between the two sides expired. Ratification votes by the union’s 5,600 Ford workers in Canada are upcoming.
“Autoworkers have waited long enough to make things right at the Big Three. We’re not waiting around, and we’re not messing around,” United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said.
Ontario has been a leader, launching an Automated Vehicle Pilot Program under its Highway Traffic Act, but some are looking for Canada to take a more united approach to getting AVs on the road.
A majority of the 2023 Wards 10 Best Engines & Propulsion Systems winners are electrified, but internal-combustion engines play a role – either alone or as part of hybrids – in seven propulsion systems. Winners will be honored Oct. 18 at a trophy ceremony in Detroit.
