Local threat unwise The threat by Unifor Local 88 to seize the Cami plant if GM chooses to remove equipment is unwise and will likely be deemed illegal by the courts. Manufacturing in Canada is costly and burdened by needless red tape from governments. Instead of taking up a quarrel with GM, union officials should be […]
Unifor, the union representing auto workers, held the rally on Wednesday.
Is it a bump in a long, automotive road or the future of the industry here?
Weak sales have prompted GM to end production of an electric cargo van in Ingersoll, casting the future of hundreds of workers into limbo.
The blaze destroyed part of Marwood International Inc's Plant 3 in Tillsonburg.
The impact of U.S. tariffs has filtered down to hit, and hurt, manufacturing in the London region, auto industry officials in Ontario say
“They don’t want to piss off (U.S. President Donald) Trump so they are buying from the U.S," said the head of the union representing workers.
Hit hard by slow sales and trade turmoil with the U.S., hundreds of jobs are on the line at Ingersoll’s Cami automotive assembly plant, which is set to reopen in November from a lengthy shutdown. The Ingersoll manufacturer of electric commercial vans has been shuttered since spring, and union officials say they’ve been told production […]
Auto industry analysts and labour leaders on both sides of the border have warned the two new U.S. trade frameworks with the European Union and Japan are ominous for the Canadian auto industry – and even problematic for the U.S. Both agreements announced over the past week will impose a 15-per-cent tariff on imported vehicles […]
The Lucknow Sentinel
The union representing workers at a Wingham auto parts manufacturer is slamming the planned closure of the plant, a move it says will put 250 workers out of a job.