S) industry, and pursue future growth opportunities by supplying batteries to other OEM EV customers outside of Stellantis.  While noting “Local 444 members at NextStar will continue to be employed under the terms of their collective agreement, which is set to expire in July of this year,” the Unifor labor union also demanded Stellantis fulfil what it refers to as “outstanding obligations” to members at its idled Brampton Assembly Plant....

News  Updated at: 2026/02/07

ecause of high demand for the light-duty Chevrolet Silverado 1500 pickups built at the plant until now. GM Canada spokesperson Ariane Souza Pereira said that the company will prepare to build the next generation of full-sized pickups at the plant even while it reverts to two shifts on January 30.  Unifor Local 222 President Jeff Gray, representing about 3,000 hourly staff at the plant, placed the blame on U.S. tariffs, saying “With us losing 5...

News  Updated at: 2026/01/29

GM CAMI workers to get 6-month pay as future of plant is discussed On December 4, Unifor Local 88 members at the GM CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ontario were notified that the union had reached an agreement with GM to provide the temporary income support by early 2026. GM officially ended production of the BrightDrop delivery vans at CAMI in October, confirming that the lineup would not be moved to another factory and prompting ongoing negotiations ...

News  Updated at: 2025/12/13

s the latest in a series of layoffs at the facility, which has shifted production for Canadian-bound trucks to focus solely on the Canadian market. The Sainte-Therese plant, which builds Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks, has now seen a total of 725 layoffs this year, including 425 earlier in 2025. The Unifor labor union says the Sainte-Therese plant is now down to around 500 workers from more than 1,000, according to Unifor. Quebec’s Economy Minis...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/28

ng that GM will take a charge against its Q4 earnings related to BrightDrop production ending and reevaluation of its EV manufacturing capacity.  The CAMI plant has been idle since May this year and originally was expected to resume production in October with a single daily shift, according to the Unifor trade union. GM Canada later said CAMI would restart BrightDrop van production in November. GM sold 3,976 BrightDrop vans in the U.S. in 2025 t...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/22

roduction of the next-gen Jeep Compass in Brampton, Ontario to Belvidere, Illinois, where it will share an assembly line with the new Jeep Cherokee starting in 2027. The move was included in a USD 13-billion plan announced by Stellantis to expand U.S. production by 50% over the next four years. The Unifor labor union is urging the Canadian government to save the Brampton assembly plant, saying that Stellantis’ October 14 announcement came after...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/16

dge Charger and Chrysler minivans, has an annual production capacity of 49.5 gigawatt hours, enough to power about 450,000 EVs. It will supply batteries to Stellantis facilities in North America. NextStar has hired more than 950 full-time employees to date, and has committed to creating 2,500 jobs. Unifor, Canada’s largest private-sector union, recently organized the plant and successfully negotiated its first collective bargaining agreement. (...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/03

GM to restart CAMI EV van plant in November with less workers, no battery pack assembly General Motors CAMI Assembly Plant in Ingersoll, Canada will resume Chevrolet BrightDrop production on November 17 with fewer than 400 hourly workers and no local battery output, according to the union that represents workers at the plant. Mike Van Boekel, plant chair with Unifor Local 88, said work will run on one shift and with a slower line speed than previ...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/13

GM extends third shift at Oshawa Assembly Plant until end of January On September 9, the Unifor labor union said that GM will continue to operate its Oshawa Assembly Plant in Canada on three shifts until January 30, 2026, preserving about 700 jobs until the new year at the plant that builds the Chevrolet Silverado, in response to short term ”production needs" for the light-duty pickups. GM spokesperson Ariane Souza Pereira confirmed that in res...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/12

e returning to three shifts from two in the first quarter of 2026. “In anticipation of increased demand for the products built at the Windsor Assembly Plant ... Stellantis confirms that it will be returning the plant to a three-shift operation in early 2026, honoring a commitment made during 2023 Unifor negotiations,” said spokesperson Lou Ann Gosselin.  The Windsor plant produces Chrysler minivans and Dodge Charger models. “The forecast s...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/11

communications.  In April 2025, the CAMI plant announced layoffs of about 500 employees and paused production in May. Slow demand for the BrightDrop and tariffs on production have been cited for the low output and lack of work at the CAMI plant. The current shutdown is scheduled to end in October. Unifor representatives say Qualtech’s shutdown will not impact BrightDrop production, but did not specify who will supply the new seats. Also relate...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/03

retooling the Oakville plant for Ford Super Duty production, including the installation of both assembly and stamping equipment. The move will add around 1,800 jobs at the Oakville plant, with 150 more at the Windsor Engine Complex to build V8 engines for the Super Duty as well. The Canadian union Unifor recently revealed that Oakville’s retooling remains on track as expected. (multiple sources on August 26, 2025)...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/28

NextStar Energy, Unifor reach contract deal at battery plant in Windsor, Canada On July 20, over 88% of the NextStar Energy workers voted in favor of ratifying a new union contract through the Unifor labor union. There are currently 450 hourly workers at the Windsor battery plant, with that number expected to rise to 750 by the end of 2025. In total, NextStar is currently employing about 900 people. Mass production of battery cells is expected to...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/22

Stellantis delays adding third shift at Windsor Assembly, production to fluctuate Stellantis will not soon be adding a third shift to its Windsor Assembly Plant and production may fluctuate over the next 12 weeks. Unifor Local 444 told its members in a memo “the expected addition of a third shift at the Windsor Assembly Plant in the second half of 2025 will be postponed until 2026”, though did not say why. Stellantis Canada confirmed the deci...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/10

The assembly plant had been running two shifts while producing BrightDrop vans, but when production resumes in October, the plant will operate on a single shift “for the foreseeable future”, impacting 450 workers. “This is a crushing blow to hundreds of working families in Ingersoll,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne said in the statement. “General Motors must do everything in its power to mitigate job loss during this downtur...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/12

Unifor in talks with Canada Post to buy electric BrightDrop vans Canada’s Unifor labor union is in talks with Canada Post to promote the idea of the country's primary mail service purchasing Chevrolet BrightDrop vans. Unifor National President Lana Payne said that the union has spoken with provincial and federal agencies to suggest purchasing vans produced at GM’s CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ontario. Canada Post is in the middle of tran...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/12

offs at several of the company's U.S. powertrain and stamping facilities. The Windsor Assembly Plant, which builds the Chrysler Pacifica and Voyager minivans for U.S. and Canadian markets, as well as Dodge's new electric Charger Daytona, will be down for two weeks starting April 7, according to the Unifor union president there. Stellantis’ plant in Brampton, Ontario, has already been shut down for retooling. In Mexico, the Toluca Assembly Plant...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/04

engines used in the popular Super Duty pickup would cost Ford about USD 70,000 in tariffs, while a truck stocked with 66 of the 5.0-liter engines used in Ford's other F-Series trucks would cost the automaker USD 75,000 to USD 80,000 to bring into the U.S., according to John D’Agnolo, president of Unifor Local 200. "Now, just as soon as we get the engines done, we bring them over," D’Agnolo said, noting that at the Essex Engine plant, workers ...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/21

ects roughly 1,000 workers who had anticipated transitioning to EV motor production. Nearly half the hourly workers at the plant were laid off in the first half of 2024, as two programs reached their end-of-life when V6 engines and GF6 six-speed transmissions production ended this spring. About 600 Unifor union members are working at the plant currently, down from 1,100 at the start of 2024. A further 500 union members in the plant’s supply cha...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/26

GM's CAMI Assembly workers ratify new contract, aligning now with other GM plants On September 22, workers at GM’s CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ontario overwhelmingly approved a new two-year contract between the company and the Unifor union that provides pay increases and eliminates what the union called "a historic pay lag" with other Canadian GM employees. “For the first time Unifor has successfully negotiated a two-year contract term ...

News  Updated at: 2024/09/25