Ford avoids strike at Canada plants with late-night union deal

​Workers at Ford Motor Canadian unit avoided a strike, reaching a tentative agreement late Tuesday after extending negotiations by 24 hours from a previous deadline.

Unifor, the Canadian autoworkers' union, pushed for improved pension benefits, higher wages and support for workers during the electric-vehicle transition. 

“When faced with the prospect of an all-out strike by 5,600 Unifor members at every single one of Ford's facilities in Canada, the company made a significant offer to the union,” the union said in a statement. 

“The gains achieved were hard fought for over weeks of negotiations at every subcommittee, local and main economic bargaining table,” it said. “This painstaking work has resulted in fundamental, transformative gains that addressed our core priorities of pensions, wages and the EV transition.”