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Hundreds out of work as GM cuts third shift at Oshawa plant
- On Friday, General Motors Co. will eliminate the third shift at its Oshawa Assembly Plant, costing more than 1,000 union jobs, Unifor says.
- GM announced in May last year that it would cut the midnight shift due to forecasted demand and the evolving trade environment after U.S. tariffs and pressure to move manufacturing to the United States.
- Unifor says more than 700 direct plant jobs plus 300 to 500 workers at parts companies and hundreds more at supply chain companies will be lost, while GM says about 500 employees will be laid off.
- Layoffs were delayed to the end of January, and Jeff Gray, Unifor Local 222 president, said seniority rules will bump high-seniority members while lower-seniority members lose jobs.
- Amid the cuts, General Motors Co. added 250 temporary jobs at its Fort Wayne, Indiana plant while reporting roughly $10 billion in North American profits last year; the federal government reduced duty-free U.S.-assembled vehicles, raising worker concerns over lower‑cost Chinese electric vehicle imports.
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General Motors is about to remove the third shift from its Oshawa assembly plant on Friday, putting hundreds of workers out of work.
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