The union representing more than 1,300 employees at General Motors’ assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ont. has ratified a two-year collective agreement that includes pension and benefits gains.
On Aug. 3, 2025, employees hired on or after Sept. 17, 2013, and currently participating in the defined contribution pension plan will be enrolled in the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology’s DBplus pension plan. Once transferred into the CAAT DBplus pension plan, members and the employer will continue to make the mandatory four per cent and seven per cent contributions, to a maximum of 2,080 hours.
For employees hired before Sept. 17, 2013, who are enrolled in the defined benefit pension plan, the monthly basic benefit and transition payment will increase by an additional $5.60 for production associates and $6.60 for maintenance associates, effective Dec. 1, 2024. A new joint and survivor option will be added effective Oct. 1, 2025.
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In terms of benefits gains, vision coverage will increase from $110 to $120 for eye exams and coverage for digital retinal imaging, visual field diagnostic and optical coherence tomography exams is added at $120 per exam to a combined maximum of $200 for all exams every 24 months.
The per-visit maximum for psychologists will increase from $75 to $100 and the annual maximum will increase from $700 to $1,000. Psychotherapy has been added as an eligible benefit expense as well. The per-visit maximum for physiotherapists will increase from $50 to $100, the annual maximum will increase from $200 to $400 and the requirement for a doctor’s referral is removed.
The agreement also compresses three years of wage gains into the two-year agreement, providing 15 per cent in negotiated wage increases for production workers and 20.25 per cent for skilled trades. Workers will receive an immediate 10 per cent pay increase with a two per cent increase in September 2025 and an additional three per cent increase in July 2026.
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