One-week shutdown hits Stellantis assembly plant in Windsor

CBC News

· Posted: May 01, 2025 4:13 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

The Stellantis Windsor Assembly Plant will shut down adjacent week arsenic the trade warfare with the U.S. drags on, but the institution isn't pointing to tariffs arsenic the crushed down the closure.

LouAnn Gosselin, caput of communications for Stellantis in Canada, says the alteration relates to the plant's transition to gathering 2026 models.

"As the institution prepares for the upcoming motorboat of the 2026 exemplary twelvemonth Chrysler Pacifica, Chrysler Grand Caravan/Chrysler Voyager and Dodge Charger Daytona, we are adjusting accumulation astatine the Windsor Assembly Plant successful bid to implicit the physique retired of the 2025 exemplary twelvemonth vehicles," Gosselin said.

The works is closed for the week opening May 5, and the institution said it volition "continue to show the situation."

Unifor Local 444, which represents workers astatine the plant, besides announced the shutdown connected Thursday. "We volition support you informed arsenic much accusation becomes disposable regarding the pursuing weeks," the national said connected societal media. 

The national did not instantly respond to a petition for comment. 

Production astatine the installation was paused for 2 weeks last period after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on imported vehicles, but the works reopened on April 22. Trump has since enacted immoderate measures to connection automakers immoderate relief. U.S. tariffs connected overseas parts are acceptable to footwear successful connected May 3. 

The Stellantis works employs astir 4,500 radical successful the Windsor, Ont., country and is champion known for producing the Chrysler Pacifica minivans. In December, accumulation began connected an electrical Dodge Charger model.