Potential end to GM strike in US is good news for Southwestern Ontario companies
TREVOR WILHELM, Windsor Star October 16, 2019 A tentative deal following the bitter month-long General Motors strike in the U.S. has brought hope that 120 laid-off auto parts workers in the Windsor area could soon return to work. “Obviously this is positive news for us and the units we represent, and the whole community,” said […]
GM Oshawa could be running by Friday now that UAW, automaker have reached tentative deal
MICHAEL MARTINEZ, Automotive News Canada October 16, 2019 General Motors Canada says it hopes to resume Canadian operations quickly, now that the UAW and automaker have reached a tentative deal on a new four-year labour contract in the United States. The strike by 46,000 hourly workers at 30 GM plants in the United States crippled […]
GM restarts Ingersoll plant as scheduled despite ongoing U.S. strike
The Canadian Press, October 7, 2019 TORONTO — General Motors has restarted production at its assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ont., even as a strike by U.S. autoworkers enters a fourth week. The company shut down the plant last week according to a schedule that was set well before the start of the strike by about […]
Canadian auto parts firms hit hard by costly GM strike
Josh Rubin, Toronto Star Oct. 3, 2019 As the U.S. strike against General Motors continues, Canadian auto parts companies are losing millions of dollars and some could even go out of business, industry experts warn. “There are going to be some suppliers who count on GM that could just disappear,” said Canadian automotive industry analyst […]
Production cut, temporary layoffs at GM Oshawa as U.S. strike continues
Emily Jackson, Financial Post September 18, 2019 General Motors Co. temporarily laid off about 1,200 employees and cut production in half at its plant in Oshawa, Ont. in response to the auto workers strike in the United States, a labour action that has disrupted North American supply chains and will, if not resolved quickly, trigger […]
GM issues layoff notices at Oshawa plant as strike in U.S. continues
Alicja Siekierska, Yahoo Finance Canada September 18, 2019 General Motors Co. (GM) has issued temporary layoff notices at its Oshawa Assembly Plant as the strike by workers in the United States continues into its third day. GM Canada confirmed on Wednesday that about 1,300 employees that work on the truck assembly line at the Oshawa, […]
GM strike in U.S. expected to take toll on several Ontario vehicle parts and assembly plants
Eric Atkins, Globe and Mail September 16, 2019 A strike by 48,000 General Motors Co. workers at 33 auto factories and 22 parts distribution warehouses in the United States threatens to halt production at several Ontario vehicle parts and assembly plants. The North American auto-making sector runs on just-in-time supply chains, in which parts and […]
GM strike could lead to thousands of job losses in Canadian auto industry
Alicja Siekierska, Yahoo Finance September 16, 2019 The United Auto Workers union’s strike by nearly 50,000 members against General Motors Co. in the United States could lead to thousands of job losses in the highly integrated Canadian automotive industry. Unifor president Jerry Dias, whose union represents thousands of Canadian GM workers, said workers in GM’s […]
Auto industry in Ontario braces for impact from GM strike in U.S.
Josh Rubin, Toronto Star Sept. 16, 2019 As a strike by U.S. workers costs General Motors millions of dollars a day, executives and workers in Canada’s auto parts industry are also bracing for impact. “Like the entire supply base, we are in wait-and-see mode,” said Scott Worden, spokesperson at Aurora-based parts maker Magna International after […]
‘There’s not a hope in hell Canada will escape negative impacts of a U.S. strike on GM’
Canadian partsmakers, dealers will be first to feel the hit — and as soon as this week Naomi Powell, Financial Post September 16, 2019 A strike against General Motors’ American factories would deliver a blow to the firm’s Canadian parts suppliers “within days” as a highly integrated cross-border supply chain stutters to a halt. On […]
