Last January, General Motors stopped production of the Cadillac XTS and Chevrolet Impala for three weeks at the Oshawa plant in Ontario, Canada. When production resumed, just one shift returned to build the large sedans.
Despite the production cutbacks, Canadian union Unifor said GM will still hire new workers as Oshawa ramps up truck production this year, according to a report from Automotive News published last Friday.
Around 600 workers are currently laid-off, which means many will likely move over to the truck line, Unifor Local 222 President Colin James said. However, with more workers transferring to the truck line, it will possibly curb the number of new hires needed at the plant.
Last year, Unifor anticipated that GM would hire 500 new workers as it secured production of the current-generation Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra. Unfinished bodies will be shipped from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Oshawa for paint and final assembly. GM expects Oshawa to produce 60,000 trucks annually.
Meanwhile, the one-shift operation for the XTS and Impala will last through May 28.
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The union says , yet the article clearly does not show any proof (guaranteed numbers) or type of jobs and pay. In fact, the article also states 600 WORKERS ARE CURRENTLY LAID OFF, the one-shift operation only lasts until May 28, and “with more workers transferring to the truck line, it will possibly curb the number of new hires needed at the plant.” And if they do hire “new workers”, it will be at a fraction of the wage and benefits of the 600 currently laid off workers
GM OSHAWA (AND CANADA AUTO INDUSTRY IN GENERAL) IS DYING A SLOW DEATH AND NO AMOUNT OF UNION SPIN IS GOING TO CHANGE THAT.
“(AND CANADA AUTO INDUSTRY IN GENERAL) IS DYING A SLOW DEATH AND NO AMOUNT OF UNION SPIN IS GOING TO CHANGE THAT.”
Toyota Cambridge North, Cambridge South, Woodstock, and Honda Alliston 1 and 2 would like to firmly disabuse you of that incorrect thought.
Funny that you mention all the non unionized assembly plants.
Grawdaddy, you have essentially proved GMforLife’s point.
I know I mentioned non-unionized plants. That was my point. You must have missed that part where he wrote “(AND CANADA AUTO INDUSTRY IN GENERAL) IS DYING A SLOW DEATH” because those non-unionized plants are doing just fine.
He suggests that auto manufacturing is dying in Canada and it’s all the fault of Unifor.
I suggest he’s wrong and post 5 plants that aren’t unionized or are owned by GM are doing fine in the Canadian auto manufacturing sector.
Really, he had a point, but it was so weak and broken he had to type it in all caps.
Will 2018 crew cab trucks be built at the Oshawa plant or will they remain in Mexico?
Being built in Oshawa
Being put together. I do no think that is correct though. Fort wayne does not make crew cabs so cannot send parts for assembly to Canada.