[ad_1] Unifor, the union representing General Motors workers in Oshawa, says it is hopeful that the automotive company won’t be completely abandoning the city after holding talks with GM. “I am much more confident today than I was a month ago that, together, we will find a resolution,” said Unifor president Jerry Dias in a[…]
[ad_1] TORONTO – The Ontario Labour Relations Board has ruled that members of Unifor engaged in unlawful strikes in their efforts to protest the planned closure of the General Motors assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont. The ruling, dated Feb. 22 and posted by Unifor late Monday, orders the union and its members including president Jerry[…]
[ad_1] Jerry Dias said on Thursday, during a panel discussion about the new USMCA trade agreement, that hundreds of thousands of jobs still exist in the automotive industry but are being moved out of Canada and the U.S. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Inteva Products employees working at the Whitby, Ont., facility protested outside the company’s building Tuesday in hopes General Motors will “reverse” its decision to close the Oshawa plant by December. They say they fear the closure may mean they’ll lose their jobs, as Inteva supplies products to the Oshawa plant. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] OSHAWA, Ont. – Unionized workers at the General Motors assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont., staged a second work-stoppage after the company confirmed it would not reconsider plans to close the facility. Unifor said the protest Wednesday morning lasted close to two hours before it ended and followed about a five-hour sit-down at the plant[…]
[ad_1] Greg Moffatt, the plant chair representing Unifor workers, said employees would be back on the job Wednesday after they walked out Tuesday following General Motors announcement it was moving forward with its plans to close the facility in Oshawa. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Unionized workers at the General Motors Oshawa Assembly Plant have walked off the job, hours after the company reaffirmed its plans to shut down the facility by the end of the year. “The workers were so upset they couldn’t work. They couldn’t believe that General Motors had announced that all their hard work was[…]
[ad_1] OSHAWA, Ont. – General Motors of Canada says it’s working with other employers to identify jobs and targeted training programs for GM employees affected by the closure of the Oshawa Assembly plant next year. It says several employers have identified about 2,000 jobs that will become open in Durham region in 2019 and 2020.[…]