Author: Greg Layson

GM Canada, through its lawyers, is demanding Unifor stop broadcasting and streaming an ad the company calls “knowingly false and misleading” or face legal action.

Unifor is planning to run a Super Bowl ad in Canada its ongoing campaign to convince GM to keep its Oshawa assembly plant open. The ads won’t air in the U.S.

Unifor President Jerry Dias is asking Canadians and Americans to boycott Mexico-made General Motors vehicles in protest of the automaker’s decision to close its Oshawa assembly plant.

Ford Canada announced veteran Ford executive Dean Stoneley, a Canadian who began his career with Ford of Canada in 1992, is returning to serve as president and CEO, replacing Mark Buzzell effective Feb. 1.

Magna International, through a subsidiary, will assemble the 2020 Toyota GR Supra at a factory in Europe. Toyota is the supplier’s fourth complete-vehicle-assembly customer.

Unifor President Jerry Dias said he and his members would be “coming soon to a theater near you” and promised to get GM’s attention “in front of 8,000 reporters” at the Detroit auto show. 

General Motors was initially going to meet with Unifor by Jan. 7 to discuss the union’s proposals to save the Oshawa assembly plant. The meeting will now happen Tuesday as the automaker wanted more time reviewing the ideas, the union says.

General Motors was initially going to meet with Unifor by Jan. 7 to discuss the union’s proposals to save the Oshawa assembly plant. The meeting will now happen Tuesday as the automaker wanted more time reviewing the ideas, the union says.

General Motors was initially going to respond by Jan. 7 to Unifor’s proposals to save the Oshawa assembly plant, but the union says that meeting has been delayed as the automaker takes more time reviewing the ideas.

The Canadian union, Unifor, says ads will expand demanding General Motors’ attention if plant closure plans aren’t reconsidered.