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GM to Move 600 Jobs to Mexico from Canada
General Motors Co. is eliminating more than 600 jobs at its CAMI assembly plant in Canada as it moves production of the next-generation GMC Terrain SUVs from the factory to a facility in Mexico, the Associated Press reports.
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General Motors Co. is eliminating more than 600 jobs at its CAMI assembly plant in Canada as it moves production of the next-generation GMC Terrain SUVs from the factory to a facility in Mexico, the Associated Press reports.
The layoffs will occur in July, according to Unifor, the union that represents autoworkers in Canada. The plant will continue to build the Chevrolet Equinox SUV.
Unifor President Jerry Dias complains that the move “reeks of corporate greed” and shows why the North American Free Trade Agreement should be renegotiated. President Donald Trump has said he intends to do exactly that—or drop out of the pact entirely if he isn’t satisfied with the results of the talks.
AP cites data from the Conference Board of Canada indicating that the number of people employed by country’s auto industry has plunged about 30% to 141,000 over the past 10 years. Most of those jobs were shifted the U.S. or Mexico, the other two participants in NAFTA.
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