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GM fights government to retain tax credit for electric cars
Preserving the $7,500 tax incentive for buyers is crucial for GM as the company pivots from internal combustion engines in favour of building cars powered by batteries or hydrogen fuel cells.
Unifor, OPSEU to fight Ford government’s ‘destructive agenda’ [UPDATED]
Alliance will lobby to “re-invest in public services,” and ask Ford to encourage employers to create “good stable jobs.”
GM’s new technologies push expected to boost car sharing
Peer-to-peer platform allows GM customers to rent out their vehicles, offsetting some ownership costs.
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Get tough with General Motors Trump style, union head urges Trudeau
Jerry Dias wants GM to reverse plans to cut more than 14,000 jobs, including 2,500 production workers in Oshawa, Ont.
Trump suggests he’s looking into tariffs on car imports
The US president thinks tariffs on foreign imports will discourage companies like GM from shuttering US plants.
Labour movement is in the fight for its life: experts
Canada’s manufacturing sector lost 278,000 jobs between 2000 and 2007.
Union leaders, politicians selling ‘false hope’ on GM: Premier Ford
Ford said the fight ahead for the 2,500 autoworkers affected by the looming Oshawa plant closure will be to find new jobs.
Martinrea to shut Ajax parts plant when GM ends Oshawa production
Plant is entirely dependent on GM’s assembly line, 77 workers to be relocated.
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GM closures: Oshawa needs more than ‘thoughts and prayers’
The human cost of job loss is enormous, potentially leading to depression, failing marriages or health, even suicide.
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Canada’s auto industry at risk if GM closes Oshawa plant: Dias
Unifor leader calls on Trudeau to work with Trump to keep manufacturing jobs from shifting south.
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GM in for ‘one hell of a fight’ over planned Oshawa plant closure: Union
Jerry Dias, national president of Unifor, said the union will fight against the planned move “tooth and nail.”
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GM to close Oshawa plant, affecting thousands of jobs: source
Part of a shift in the automaker’s global production, nothing to do with the USMCA trade agreement.
US probing whether GM SUV recall included enough vehicles
GM recalled SUVs in August of 2016 because the wipers could fail.
GM offers buyouts to 18K workers after posting strong profit
Buyout offers were made Wednesday to salaried workers in North America with 12 or more years of service.
GM proposes nationwide zero emissions vehicle sales mandate
Will drive the scale and infrastructure investments needed to allow the US to lead the way to a zero emissions future: Ruess
