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) e! r/ c' m+ G0 k( R z; o* SCBC News has learned Ford Motor Co. will lay off nearly 400 workers at its engine plant in Windsor, Ont.
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The news comes just one day after General Motors closed its transmission plant, pulling out of the city after 90 years.
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The Ford workers have been told they will be laid off beginning Nov. 1.9 o! A) g0 W/ N+ q9 i. ^
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Ford has decided to eliminate one shift at the plant.9 J( H' f8 L& u
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However, as that happens, the automaker plans to begin another shift at the newly rebuilt Essex engine plant, also located in Windsor.
6 e6 N: I, q' r! lThe net loss of jobs in that move will be 388.! }# U- D8 z$ ]1 I/ ]* I6 J
"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." N+ O8 W* p1 S- j9 _. j! p
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"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."
1 h; \+ a2 Z5 x' ZGM left 500 people out of work when it closed its transmission plant on Wednesday.; _8 A# N+ x1 E4 R( E
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