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CBC News has learned Ford Motor Co. will lay off nearly 400 workers at its engine plant in Windsor, Ont.
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" X9 [5 C& g, [% `! MThe news comes just one day after General Motors closed its transmission plant, pulling out of the city after 90 years.
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6 r8 U6 Q. i. @( A& [ y+ KThe Ford workers have been told they will be laid off beginning Nov. 1.
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9 O; c9 W1 H& w6 E' L+ `Ford has decided to eliminate one shift at the plant." V, ?& {# |' z" C0 \% o' x) E
. q7 _* E# W/ z9 VHowever, as that happens, the automaker plans to begin another shift at the newly rebuilt Essex engine plant, also located in Windsor.4 X2 R2 X% {* e0 k9 c
The net loss of jobs in that move will be 388.; E9 e6 O. o0 r
"We were aware we were going to lose the shift, they just didn't have the numbers," said Dan Cassidy, president of CAW Local 200, representing Ford workers.3 N9 e* M+ c/ @; B; G! s5 Q' v: d
6 P! q1 e8 V" a/ k: `" s"Now that they've got the numbers, we had to make sure that our members are aware of what's going on and how that will affect them."
' o: M# }1 }6 o8 b( uGM left 500 people out of work when it closed its transmission plant on Wednesday.
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