CAW, General Dynamics reach tentative deal just hours before strike deadline

LONDON, Ont. -- Management and workers at one of London, Ont.,'s largest employers have reached an eleventh-hour tentative deal.

Negotiators with the Canadian Auto Workers union and General Dynamics came to an agreement just hours before Sunday's midnight strike deadline.

Details of the proposal will remain under wraps until some 600 union members vote on it Tuesday.

General Dynamics employs nearly 2,400 people at the plant (on Oxford Street East), and roughly a quarter of them are members of the CAW.

The defence and aerospace builder recently received a $1.1 billion contract to upgrade a light armoured vehicle fleet for the Canadian Forces, as well as $200 million in contracts from the U.S. Marines.