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UPDATE: GM utoworkers strike ends less than 24 hours after it begins

Deal reached for about 4,280 autoworkers from Unifor Locals in Ontario
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Unifor workers have kicked off a strike at General Motors Canada after failing to reach a new contract with the U.S. automaker. Unifor national president Lana Payne, shown in thie Aug. 29, 2023 file photo, said in a statement early Tuesday that GM has refused to meet the pattern agreement the union negotiated with Ford of Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin

Unifor put a short-lived strike on hold Tuesday after General Motors agreed to a tentative contract that mirrors the one the union reached with Ford Motor Co. about two weeks ago.

Close to 4,300 autoworkers at GM’s Oshawa assembly plant, St. Catharines propulsion plant, and Woodstock parts distribution centre had gone on strike at midnight after the company resisted the terms set out in the Ford deal.

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