Oshawa GM plant to cut shifts in the fall, citing U.S. tariffs, union says

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General Motors is cutting shifts astatine its Oshawa Assembly Plant starting this autumn owed to U.S. tariffs, the national representing workers said.

Plant moving from a 3 displacement to 2 displacement operation, Unifor says

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· Posted: May 02, 2025 7:52 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

A pistillate autoworker is seen connected the General Assembly enactment producing the Chevrolet Silverado, astatine the GM works successful Oshawa

General Motors is cutting shifts astatine its Oshawa Assembly Plant starting this autumn owed to U.S. tariffs, the national representing workers said.

The works is moving from a 3 displacement to a 2 displacement operation, according to a quality merchandise from Unifor connected friday.

"We volition not let GM to barter Canadian jobs to summation Donald Trump's favour," said Unifor National President Lana Payne successful a statement.

"Cutting the 3rd displacement astatine Oshawa Assembly is simply a reckless determination that deals a nonstop stroke to our members and threatens to ripple done the full car parts supplier network."

GM's Oshawa works "will instrumentality to a two-shift cognition successful airy of forecasted request and the evolving commercialized environment," spokesperson Jennifer Wright said successful an email to CBC Toronto connected Friday.

"These changes volition assistance enactment a sustainable manufacturing footprint arsenic GM reorients the Oshawa works to physique much trucks successful Canada for Canadian customers," she said.

Wright said the institution "will enactment with our partners to enactment employees done the transition."

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