Canadian Union Bashes GM With Front Page Print Ads Over Abandoning Plant Workers

Canada's Unifor union slammed General Motors executives in print ads over the Oshawa plant idling just hours before the union was set to meet GM officials Thursday at the Renaissance Center in Detroit.

The union's four full-page ads in The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press, including the covers, accuse GM executives of a lack of support toward Canadian and U.S. plant workers for their decision in November to potentially close Oshawa Assembly and four plants in the U.S.

The potential closures are part of a larger corporate restructuring plan. The Canadian plant builds the Chevrolet Impala and Cadillac XTS sedans, both of which GM plans to eliminate from its North American lineup.

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MDarringer - 12/20/2018 4:09:31 PM

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And to think that the Liberal idiots were all for preserving NAFTA and now that Canadian jobs are potentially going to Mexico--as could have been the case all along, all hell breaks loose? #hypocrisy

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 12/20/2018 4:26:24 PM

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The union is posturing and making a fuss. No different at any other contract time. Playing to their base of members. But this time there is no end game where they come out on top. This plant will close along with those in the USA. When the Chinese auto firms come, they will have their pick of idled plants to choose from.

MDarringer - 12/20/2018 4:40:44 PM

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It really would not surprise me to see GM and Toyota "merge" as Ford and VW are about to do sort of.

MDarringer - 12/20/2018 6:03:22 PM

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Toyota desperately needs GM's pickups and large SUVs that are big players all while the Tundra, Sequoia, and Land Cruiser are also-rans. Corvette is a massive draw as a halo. GM China may have a few issues at the moment but it is HUGE. American production space? Plenty.