Stellantis confirms layoffs coming to Windsor, Brampton plants
Stellantis mentioned Wednesday that job cuts are anticipated at its Windsor and Brampton meeting crops in Ontario within the coming months because the automaker seems to determine “efficiencies.”
The corporate introduced Tuesday it will offer a retirement incentive program and bear a “workforce discount,” however wouldn’t touch upon whether or not there can be layoffs over and above the positions eradicated via retiring staff.
A Stellantis spokesperson confirmed Wednesday, nonetheless, that job cuts are a part of the plan.
“We hope to attenuate any potential layoffs with the retirement incentive packages,” LouAnn Gosselin mentioned in a press release.
Stellantis, the corporate shaped after Fiat Chrysler merged with Peugeot, makes the Chrysler Pacifica and different minivans in Windsor, and the Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger and Dodge Challenger in Brampton.
On the two crops, in complete, there are about 5,800 energetic full-time employees — some 3,500 in Windsor and 2,300 in Brampton.
The corporate hasn’t commented on what number of positions it’s seeking to remove. It has beforehand dedicated to the eventual restoration of the third shift on the Windsor and Brampton crops, which might create extra jobs.
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Dave Cassidy, the president of Unifor Native 444, which represents employees in Windsor, mentioned that when incentives like this are provided, it generates questions concerning the standing of the second shift and the plan to revive the third.
These plans, he mentioned, have not modified.
The union has been asking for a retirement incentive for individuals who need to depart.
“That is an ongoing dialogue we have had for a number of years, and now they are going to supply the inducement to individuals to go away. There’s gonna some particular numbers round it within the expert trades and in manufacturing, and persons are going to get a chance to go away, and that is going to convey a few of our laid-off individuals again,” he mentioned.
The layoffs will come forward of historic investments towards electrical car and battery manufacturing in Canada.
Stellantis pointed to the $3.6 billion dedicated earlier this yr to retool and modernize the Windsor and Brampton crops as an indication that it is firmly dedicated to its future on this nation. The corporate has additionally partnered with LG Power Resolution to construct a $4.9-billion EV battery plant in Windsor.
“As we transition to a sustainable, mobility tech firm, we proceed to evaluate our operations for efficiencies,” the corporate mentioned Tuesday.
