Strike At GM CAMI Plant Far From Over As Negotiations Spark Little Progress
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The strike at General Motors CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, has entered its second week, and there’s no good news for either side. Unifor and GM are reportedly far apart on major issues, according to the latest report from Automotive News.
The main concern of Unifor members is future job security. GM pulled GMC Terrain production from the facility earlier this year and moved it to Mexico, which led to 400 job cuts. Now, workers want to ensure the CAMI plant sticks around for the long run.
Among other issues, Unifor wants the CAMI plant named the lead Chevrolet Equinox production facility, which would keep GM from relocating the production elsewhere. However, the automaker’s latest contract proposal did not resolve the issue. Unifor National President Jerry Dias said the proposal still allowed GM to move production of the Equinox out of CAMI and Canada. He called the proposal “fluff.”
GM also assembles the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox in Mexico at two plants, but neither matches the CAMI facility’s output. For every day the strike drags on, it’s estimated GM loses 872 units of inventory.
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fire them all and open a non union factory somewhere else. I have no patients for this garbage. If you don’t like your job or think you deserve more, find a job that pays you what you deserve. (bet you won’t find much better)
Spoken like a true Capitalist, thank you. I’m going to assume that the people who dislike your comment are slackers at their jobs.
Umm….they like their jobs….the big sticking point is they want to keep them from being sent to Mexico.
So they like their jobs so much that they stop working and the government allows it while the company can’t do anything about it?!
Very few forms of Socialism I can accept but Unions are not one of them. You do not have a right to employment.
Foresight as they say is 20-20 and General Motors having two smaller facilities in Mexico gives the company leverage as they don’t need to accept Unifor’s first offer as General Motors is in the driver’s seat and they can apply as much pressure as needed to squeeze out a deal which is best for GM; Unifor and CAMI striking workers are up against a clock because once the two Mexico plants are at 100-percent and working triple shifts, one has to wonder what type of job security the striking workers will have then because General Motors might simply walk away permanently.
GM have much more leverage as they not only have more capacity in Mexico but they have more union friendly plants in America to use too.
If they like their jobs they need to realize they do not hold the high ground here.
It is not GM’s fault their goverment has driven up taxes and prices to where they can not afford to live in their own home land. This is something they need to consider when voting.
I have lived though the decline of the steel and rubber industry here in Ohio and we have yet to recover from the Unions making demands that had no backing
To be fair MFG are not social programs they are for profit companies. They are held responsible to make money and make a return on investments. But if stocks go down everyone loses in the end.
This is the harsh reality of life and just the way it is. This is not like the sports where they don’t keep score and everyone gets a trophy
Im a retired GM employee who retired from Delphi Automotive in Rochester NY,Id love to tour your plant .Im a Chevy Man and i drove a couple of EquinoxThey are a great looking vehicle and a beautiful handling suv.I love that Cajun Red Tincoat.I had a 66 396 chevy Chevelle,Impalas,Cavaliers.Wishing every one at GM Cami a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New YEAR..hOPING TO HEAR FROM SOME ONE.Hope everyone gets back to work real soon.