Oshawa
Union president says Ford to fight for workers at GM plant slated for closure
Ontario’s premier will sit down with GM executives Tuesday for his first face-to-face meeting since the company announced the Oshawa plant closure in November.
Oshawa GM workers hold work stoppage over closure
Automaker rejects Unifor plan, going ahead with the shutdown.
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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.
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 job cuts, closures not a symptom of Trump’s trade agenda: analysts
Automaker is betting on electric vehicles, mobility services and autonomous cars and trucks.
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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.
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Garbage to energy: GM to tap landfill gas for co-generation power
The automaker’s facilities in Oshawa are now 100% landfill free.
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GM’s Oshawa facilities are 100% landfill free
All waste from daily operations is recycled, reused or converted to energy.
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GM cutback in car production at Oshawa plant to be extended: report
Move comes amid a continuing slump in sales of passenger cars generally in North America.
Unifor says concessions on pensions for new hires worth finalizing GM deal
Four-year deal includes wage increases, signing bonuses and lump sum payments.
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Unifor still in talks with GM as contract expiration looms
A tentative agreement will set a pattern for deals with all three automakers.
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Oshawa GM workers brace for ‘the fight of our lives’
No GM product scheduled past 2019; much on the line as labour contract negotiations get underway.
