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Windsor's wait and see: Workers laid off for 2 weeks 'just the beginning'
One union president estimates as many as 600 jobs could soon be impacted
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/trumo-tariffs-windsor-canada-layoffs-effects-jobs-economy-1.7502734
For thousands of Stellantis workers in Windsor-Essex, Friday marked their last shift for two weeks.
The manufacturer says it's pausing production at the Windsor Assembly Plant – where employees assemble Pacifica minivans – in large part due to U.S. President Donald Trump's newly implemented tariffs. On Thursday, the Trump administration kicked off 25 per cent tariffs on imported vehicles. In early May, the administration will apply the same tariff to auto parts.
Companies importing under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) will have the opportunity to pay lower tariffs based on the volume of U.S. content in their cars and parts, the administration has said. But that process is still murky and undefined, leaving manufacturers – and their employees – in financial limbo.
According to Stellantis, 3,200 workers at the WAP will be off the job for now. But there are likely to be hundreds more in the region that will be affected by the downtime. That's because a web of local feeder plants provide the parts needed to assemble vehicles like the Pacifica. Unifor Local 195, which represents some of these facilities, says at least 600 jobs could be immediately affected.
Jan Griffiths, a former auto supplier executive, says "this is just the beginning."
"The auto assembly plants sit at the top of the pyramid, if you will," she said. "There's a multitude of businesses, parts manufacturers, that support this industry. And we are inextricably linked, Canada, Mexico, the U.S. [...] and you cannot unravel those supply chains overnight."
Glenn Stevens Jr., head of MichAuto — an industry association connected to the Detroit Regional Chamber — says he isn't aware of any suppliers on the U.S. side of the border who have been hit with layoffs yet as a result of the Stellantis closure in Windsor. "But we know that they will be impacted, of course, as are the shift workers at the plant," he said.
And once unraveled it will be a long time before trust is back to deal more with the US again.
