st Chester, Ohio facility as Lordstown production ends GM Lordstown plant ends production of Chevrolet Cruze sedan on March 8 GM Lordstown plant ends parts production, completes closure GM announces USD 700 million in Ohio investment, possible sale of Lordstown plant to EV truck maker Workhorse GM, Unifor agree to reduced operation at plant in Oshawa, Canada Newly-formed Lordstown Motors Corp. moves on plans to acquire closed GM plant GM workers...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/06

four-cylinder with 252 hp and 260 lb-ft of torque. Both are paired to a nine-speed automatic transmission which is also built at the San Luis Potosi plant. A 1.6-liter diesel engine with 137 hp and 240 lb-ft of torque paired to a six-speed automatic transmission is also available. On September 17, Unifor’s Local 88 had not reached a new tentative pact with GM and began a strike at the CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Canada. The CAMI Assembly plant pr...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/05

a [3.5], Mitsubishi Outlander Sport [1.4]. Toyota Boshoku: Toyota 4 Runner [4.5]. (From a press release on August 22, 2019) Adient is adding up to 100 jobs at its Tillsonburg seat foaming plant in Ontario, Canada, after recently receiving a contract for the new Ford F-150 pickup truck, according to Unifor union workers at the plant. The company will add between 70 and 100 jobs to its Tillsonburg operation, where workers ratified a new contract in...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/07/28

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 stops construction on Ontario EV battery plant amid federal dispute Stellantis makes counter-offer to salvage EV battery plant deal in Canada Stellantis, LG resume construction of NextStar gigafactory in Canada Stellantis-LG NextStar Energy battery plant in Windsor, Canada begins hiring Unifor declares October 29 strike deadline for Stellantis contract deal NextStar says up to 900 foreign workers will help launch Canadian battery plan...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/23

olt Cadillac CT6 not being discontinued for U.S. GM extends Cadillac CT6, Chevrolet Impala production at Detroit-Hamtramck plant until 2020 GM ends production of Chevrolet Volt, Buick LaCrosse at Detroit-Hamtramck plant GM reducing Pontiac Metal Center workers as Detroit-Hamtramck plant slows GM, Unifor agree to reduced operation at plant in Oshawa, Canada Fire at GM’s Factory Zero causes USD 1 million in damages GM Factory Zero w...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/13

ion problems Ford to cut 200 jobs at Oakville, Ontario assembly plant in September as sales slow Ford ends Flex, Lincoln MKT production in Oakville, Canada Ford completes 400 layoffs at plant in Oakville, Ontario Ford begins phased production, operations restart in North America on May 18 Ford, Unifor reach tentative deal with CAD 1.95 billion in new plant investment Ford offered CDN 500 million by federal, provincial governments to bring EV...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/11

lex, in Coahuila, will start assembling the second generation of its Equinox utility vehicle, by mid-January 2017. There is going to be three weeks of inactivity by the end of the year at the assembly plant, which will be used to develop the last adjustments to the production line. On September 17, Unifor’s Local 88 had not reached a new tentative pact with GM and began a strike at the CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Canada. The CAMI Assembly plant pr...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/26

Ford Motor Canada, Windsor Engine Plant 6.8-liter V10 engine (-2019), 7.3-liter engine (2019-) V8 engine assembly plant - Employees as of July 2024: 950 - Investment announced as of 2016: CAD 600 million - Year opened: 1923 FCA workers in Warren, Windsor return to work after walkout over coronavirus fears Ford of Canada producing face shields at production facilities in Windsor Ford, Unifor reach tentative deal with CAD 1.95 billion in new pla...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/22

work on new Jeep Compass at plant in Brampton, Ontario Canada demands OEMs honor planned investments amid tariff struggle Stellantis idles production in Canadian, Mexican, U.S. plants over new tariffs Dodge offers Challenger specials before Brampton plant shuts for conversion on December 31 Unifor declares October 29 strike deadline for Stellantis contract deal Unifor ratifies agreement with Stellantis, new investments in Canadian plants ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/19

nada confirms labor contract ratification with CAD 1.58 billion plant investment Stellantis cites Etobicoke, Kokomo casting plants for electrification support, safety Stellantis to invest USD 99 million at 3 North American plants for new engine Fiat Chrysler workers ratify new contract in Canada Unifor declares October 29 strike deadline for Stellantis contract deal Unifor ratifies agreement with Stellantis, new investments in Canadian plants ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/13

ods and cams, cast-iron blocks; 6-speed AT (-2024), 8-speed DCT; Ultium electric drive units (2027-planning) Engine assembly plant -Employees as of July 2023: 1,100 -Investment since 2005: CAD 1.85 billion -Year opened: 1952 GM Canada aims to build EV drive units at St. Catharines Propulsion Plant Unifor, the Canadian autoworkers union, has given GM a deadline of October 9, 2023, to reach new labor agreement GM workers in Canada ratify new contr...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/13

o, Mexico due to U.S. strike GM production restarts at Oshawa plant after UAW reaches tentative deal, others in Canada, Mexico wait GM ends production of Cadillac XTS at Oshawa plant in Canada GM Canada ends production at Oshawa, Ontario plant GM Canada to revive Oshawa plant in accordance with Unifor members’ approval GM to invest CAD 1.3 billion, reopen Oshawa plant for pickup assembly GM to invest nearly USD 800 million to convert CAMI ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/13

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

e produced in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Heavy-duty versions are produced in Flint, Michigan. The company is spending nearly USD 3 billion to upgrade the three plants that build the two pickup models. GM’s Oshawa plant in Canada will have two shifts producing pickups starting on June 18, according to a Unifor union official. The company ships unfinished Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra truck bodies from its plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Oshawa w...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/04/11

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

cinds decision to cut second shift at Windsor Assembly Plant Stellantis announces allocation of BEV-centric STLA large vehicles to Cassino plant Stellantis eliminates steam in the paint shop at Wiindsor assmbly plant in Canada Stellantis’ Windsor Assembly builds 100,000th Chrysler Pacifica PHEV Unifor declares October 29 strike deadline for Stellantis contract deal Unifor ratifies agreement with Stellantis, new investments in Canadian plants ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/04/01

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