Strike action, albeit brief, has ended at Stellantis facilities in Canada after the union representing more than 8,000 workers has reached a tentative agreement with the automaker.

Unifor, Canada’s largest private-sector union, announced the agreement Monday, Oct. 30. It must still be ratified by the union members.

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Workers officially went on strike early Monday, but the action only lasted a few hours as the two sides continued negotiating and a tentative agreement was reached. Union members were back at work by Monday’s afternoon shift, according to media reports.

The new tentative agreement covers 8,200 Unifor members at the Windsor and Brampton assembly plants, the Etobicoke casting plant, and Mississauga and Red Deer distribution centres.

Unifor had recently reached agreements with Ford Motor Company and General Motors. Securing the tentative agreement with Stellantis completes a round of negotiations with the Big Three Detroit automakers. The union provides details of its pattern negotiations with the Big Three online.

Unifor says the tentative agreement with Stellantis increases its members’ base hourly wages by nearly 20 per cent for production workers and 25 per cent for skilled trades workers, over the lifetime of the three-year agreement.

A top-rate production assembler will earn $44.52 per hour by the end of the three-year agreement, as well as a forecasted $1.61 cost-of-living allowance, while a journeyperson skilled trades worker will be paid $55.97 per hour, in addition to the forecasted $1.61 cost-of-living allowance.

Wage progression will also be reduced to four years from eight years, meaning a worker will reach the top of their pay grid after four years of service.

Other negotiated highlights of the agreement include additional paid holidays, productivity and quality bonuses, and improvements to pension plans, among others.

“This agreement will considerably improve the living standards of every Unifor member at Stellantis,” said Unifor National president Lana Payne in a news release.