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Update, 12:27 p.m. Monday: General Motors plans to close three assembly plants by the end of 2019 including Detroit-Hamtramck, Lordstown in Ohio and Oshawa in Ontario.
Approximately 5,600 jobs are at stake: roughly 1,500 in Hamtramck; 1,600 in Lordstown; and about 2,500 in Oshawa, the Detroit Free Press reports. The Hamtramck plant makes the Chevrolet Volt and Impala, the Cadillac CT6 and the Buick LaCrosse.
"GM is continuing to take proactive steps to improve overall business performance, including the reorganization of its global product development staffs, the realignment of its manufacturing capacity and a reduction of salaried workforce," the company said in a news release Monday.
"These actions will increase the long-term profit and cash generation potential of the company and improve resilience through the cycle," CEO Mary Bara said in a statement.
Original post, Monday morning:
General Motors Canada plans to announce Monday that it is closing operations in Oshawa, outside of Toronto, affecting approximately 2,800 jobs, CTV Toronto reports.
The move would affect approximately 2,500 unionized positions and 300 salaried employees, and thousands others could be affected in related industries, such as auto parts manufacturing, CTV reports.
“Extremely concerned about reports regarding potential closure of GM Canada Oshawa operations,” a Parliament member from Durham, Erin O’Toole, tweeted Sunday night, The Windsor Star says.
