GM Cutting Third Shift at Oshawa Plant, Hundreds of Jobs Affected

Canada seeks to claw back GM funding after Ontario job cuts

GM said it’s moving ahead with previously announced plans to move Oshawa to two shifts from three on Feb. 2, resulting in about 500 layoffs.

As GM Oshawa layoffs begin, workers leave the plant and enter an uncertain job market

Friday marks the last day of work for up to 1,200 autoworkers, as GM cuts one of three shifts at its Oshawa plant. Some workers say they are looking out of province to find employment in the face of Oshawa's 8.6 per cent unemployment rate.

GM cutting third shift at Oshawa plant, hundreds of jobs affected

Aerial of GM Oshawa Assembly Complex (CNW Group/Unifor) General Motors says it will end the third shift at Oshawa Assembly on Feb. 2 as the facility moves to two shifts of production, a change the company first announced in May 2025. In a press release on Jan. 29, GM said about 500 employees will be placed on layoff as part of the adjustment. In a separate statement on Jan. 29, Unifor, which represents hourly workers at the plant, said the shif…

Employees prepare for layoffs as GM cuts third shift at Oshawa assembly plant

About 500 employees will be laid off when the Oshawa plant is reduced to two shifts on Feb. 2, GM said in an emailed statement

GM Lays Off 500 Workers Building Silverado/Sierra Trucks

Factory worker | oakstudio22 via iStockPhoto500 factory workers who assemble the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra are beginning their final shift today. General Motors announced its closing of the third shift at its plant in Oshawa, Ontario. Unifor Local 222 estimates the move will kill 1,200 jobs in the local supply chain. The shutdown leaves Canada at a crossroads.  GM threatened to cut this third shift in May 2025. The announcement came one mon…

7 spinoff jobs at risk for every job lost at GM: councillor

Councillor John Neal An Oshawa councillor has stated that there could be seven jobs at risk for every job lost at the GM plant in Oshawa from February 2. GM yesterday announced  that 500 direct layoffs will happen as a result of the earlier announced move from a three- to a two-shift system at the plant. “I was at Regional Council yesterday (January 28)… what surprised me the most as a regional and City of Oshawa councillor, was that… speaking a…