General Motors Co. and Unifor, the union representing autoworkers in Canada, reached a deal early Wednesday on a new agreement for the CAMI Assembly and battery assembly facilities.

The union representing workers at the CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ont. says it has reached a tentative collective agreement with General Motors (GM) after bargaining overnight. If ratified, the agreement means workers will avoid strike action after voting 97 per cent in favour of walking off the job in August.

While Unifor Local 88 Plant Chair Mike Van Boekel boasted in a statement that it was a deal the bargaining team could be “proud of,” the union is withholding details of the agreement from workers until a ratification meeting which is scheduled for 10 a.

Bargaining between General Motors Canada and Unifor Local 88 wrapped up in extra innings early Sept. 18, with negotiators reaching a tentative agreement at about 3 a.m. ET. Neither side released full

Conditions are ripe for CAMI workers to spearhead a counteroffensive to secure decent-paying, permanent jobs for all autoworkers. Their contract is expiring under conditions of a major upsurge of the class struggle across North America.

Canadian labor union Unifor extended its deadline for contract negotiations with General Motors on Tuesday, averting a strike at the plant in Ingersoll, Ontario that makes electric vehicles and batteries.