Ford Motor Co. up next for Unifor in auto contract talks

Following a successful ratification of its deal with Fiat Chrysler, Unifor will nowbegin bargaining with Ford Motor Co., the last of the Detroit Three automakersset for contract talks with the autoworkers' union.

The union's latest deal with FCAincludes two wage increases of two per cent and signing bonuses that total $12,000 over the next four years, according to Unifor.

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That deal follows the pattern set with GM, securing automotive investment in Canada, Unifor president Jerry Dias said in a statement.

In its upcoming negotiations with Ford, set to begin Tuesday, the union will "accept nothing less," he said

Earlier in the bargaining process, cracks developed betweenUnifor local leadershipwhen the president at Unifor's local at Ford's assembly plant in Oakville said his members would not be willing to accept the same terms negotiated between Unifor and GM.

But Chris Taylor, who represents Unifor workers at Ford's Windsor engine plants says that issue has been patched up and the union is "ready to go."

Ford Motor Co.employs 6,400 hourly workers in Canada.