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Doug Ford announces $40M for Ontario auto sector plan
The funding includes money for an automotive modernization program, internships and an online learning and training portal.Read more → -
Unifor calls for boycott of Mexican GM vehicles in escalation of Oshawa fight
Last week Unifor said that the move would put pressure on the company to stop shifting production to the lower-wage country.Read more → -
Ontario premier to meet with GM, union president in Detroit
Ford will not try to push GM to reconsider shuttering its plant in Oshawa, instead discussing opportunities to support workers.Read more → -
Workers at GM’s Oshawa Assembly Plant hold work stoppage over closure
The union confirmed the work stoppage this morning following an earlier protest on Tuesday.Read more → -
Unifor says GM to consider Oshawa plant options and respond by Jan. 7
Closing the Oshawa plant would set the stage for the company leaving Canada, with just one assembly plant left in the country, union president says.Read more → -
GM working to retrain employees affected by Oshawa plant closure
Durham College will establish a confidential internet portal in the new year to help auto workers identify job openings.Read more → -
GM to close Oshawa plant, cut 2,500 jobs in massive reorganization push
The closures are part of a sweeping strategy that is said to save the company US$6 billion by the year 2020.Read more → -
GM uses new generative design tech for vehicle lightweighting
Engineers produced a proof-of-concept part, a seat bracket, that is 40 percent lighter and 20 percent stronger than the original part.Read more → -
GM Oshawa plant to see even more cutbacks in car production
The automaker halted production of the Cadillac XTS and Chevrolet Impala for three weeks in January but only brought one of its two shifts back online for the rest of the quarter.Read more → -
GM expands car-sharing startup Maven into Toronto
Maven's Toronto fleet will initially have about 40 vehicles, including the Chevrolet Cruze, Malibu and Volt, the Cadillac ATS and XT5, and the GMC Acadia and Yukon.Read more →
