TORONTO, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Canadian manufacturing workers at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles FCHA.MI FCAU.N voted on Sunday to approve a tentative labor agreement with the automaker, their union said, clearing the way for talks with Ford Motor (NYSE:F) Co F.N .
The Unifor union said 70.1 percent voted to approve the deal. A vote against the contract would have triggered a strike at Fiat Chrysler, shutting the Windsor, Ontario, van plant, which produces all the minivans the company sells in North America, and the Brampton, Ontario, assembly, which builds sedans.