Unifor secures wage increases for GM's CAMI plant workers, aligning future talks with Detroit Three automakers
Unifor has announced that workers at General Motors' CAMI assembly plant and battery facility in Ingersoll, Ontario, have ratified a new two-year collective agreement, according to BNN Bloomberg.
According to Unifor president Lana Payne, the contract includes three years’ worth of wage increases compressed into its two-year span, offering a 15 percent wage hike for production workers and over 20 percent for skilled trades.
The 1,300 workers will see an immediate 10 percent pay raise, with a 2 percent increase next September and a further 3 percent in July 2026.
The deal also aligns the CAMI workforce with the union's negotiation timeline for the Detroit Three automakers, strengthening Unifor's bargaining position for future talks covering its 5,600 GM members.
The CAMI plant is the only large-scale electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Canada, producing the Chevrolet BrightDrop EV 600 and EV 400. Prior to the agreement, 97 percent of the CAMI workers had voted in favour of a strike mandate if no deal was reached.
