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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is promising 2024 will be a “banner year” for auto manufacturing investment in the province, as the government turns its attention to spinoff jobs from electric vehicles and battery manufacturing. On Monday morning, the premier said he was “really excited” about the future of the auto …
Read More »Foreign workers at subsidized EV battery plant a ‘slap in the face’: union
NextStar Energy Inc. says it expects upwards of 900 foreign workers to help build its heavily subsidized electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont. The head of Canada’s Building Trades Unions calls the move “a slap in the face” and an “insult to Canadian taxpayers.” The statement from the union …
Read More »Taxpayer-subsidized Stellantis battery plant potentially importing international workers
A handful of temporary workers from South Korea have arrived in Windsor to staff up a new Stellantis electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant, according to officials with the Ontario government, raising concerns that massive taxpayer subsidies could be used to employ international auto workers over Canadians. Construction on a gigafactory, …
Read More »Stellantis autoworkers vote to ratify new collective agreement, Unifor says
Unifor says Stellantis production workers voted 60 per cent in favour of a new three-year contract with the automaker. The deal covers workers at the company’s Windsor and Brampton, Ont., assembly plants and Etobicoke Casting Plant. Approval for smaller agreements covering Stellantis workers in other units ranged from 85 to …
Read More »Unifor reaches tentative contract agreement with Stellantis, ending brief strike
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 30, 2023 6:14 am Updated October 30, 2023 8:55 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Unifor announced Monday it has reached a tentative deal with Stellantis, ending a brief strike at the automaker. More than 8,200 workers represented …
Read More »Unifor sets Oct. 9 deadline for contract talks with General Motors
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 29, 2023 7:36 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Unifor has set a deadline for its contract talks with General Motors for 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 9. Negotiations between the union and the U.S. automaker resumed this week …
Read More »Unifor hopes upcoming talks with GM will ‘follow the pattern’ of Ford deal
Canada’s largest private sector union says it will turn to negotiations with General Motors after members voted to accept its labour agreement with Ford Motor Co. of Canada. Hailing the agreement with Ford as a historic deal that met the union’s priorities “in a big way,” Unifor president Lana Payne said the …
Read More »Ford Motor workers ratify agreement with Unifor, set precedent
The union that represents 5,600 workers at Ford Motor Co. of Canada confirmed Sunday its members had ratified a three-year contract with the automaker, setting the pattern for upcoming talks with General Motors and Stellantis. Unifor and Ford reached a tentative agreement Tuesday after extending a strike deadline by 24 …
Read More »Battles brewing as Ontario, Canada push Ring of Fire mining to boost EV plan
The lawyer representing a number of First Nations communities opposed to the Ford government’s plans for the Ring of Fire is cautioning that the province’s long-term electric vehicle battery manufacturing strategy might be a “fool’s errand.” Premier Doug Ford agreed to enter into a pact with the federal government to …
Read More »No deal yet on electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Stellantis says
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 1, 2023 10:41 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Stellantis says there is no deal yet to save a $5-billion electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont. Spokeswoman LouAnn Gosselin says they have yet to receive an official response to …
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