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Three Historic Deals for Canadian Auto Workers
This past fall, Detroit’s Big Three agreed to new three-year deals with Unifor. FCA plans to invest up to $1.5 billion to launch a new platform at the Windsor Assembly Plant in Ontario in order to build plug-in hybrid and/or fully electric vehicles starting in 2023-2024. Ford will inject $1.95 billion in the Oakville and Windsor plants, with the former being retooled to make five EV models from 2025 to 2028. Finally, GM’s Oshawa Assembly Plant will get $1.3 billion to resume full-size pickup production in 2022.