Stellantis is hiring 1,400 people as the third shift is set to return. CTV Windsor\u2019s Stefanie Masotti has more. <\/p>\n
Stellantis is in the process of hiring 1,400 workers for the return of the third shift at Windsor Assembly Plant, despite the ongoing trade war with the U.S. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a good news story in the auto industry,\u201d said James Stewart, Unifor Local 444 president. \u201cIt\u2019s probably the only good news story in Canada today.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been five-years since the third shift was eliminated. It\u2019s scheduled to reopen in mid-February to support increased demand of all versions of the Chrysler Pacifica and the new SIXPACK-powered Dodge Charger Scat Pack and R\/T models.<\/p>\n
\u201cWindsor is an anomaly in the auto industry,\u201d said Stewart. \u201cThe facts are we build two strong products in both isolations. We\u2019re the only plant that builds them. So, for the short term and the near future, Windsor is in good shape.\u201d <\/p>\n
But local applicants won\u2019t get first pick. Recently laid off workers from the Brampton plant will have the opportunity to transfer after Stellantis announced it\u2019s moving its Jeep Compass production to Illinois.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccording to our collective agreement, they have the first opportunity to come and fill those spots,\u201d explained Stewart. \u201cWe don\u2019t know how many will come. I don\u2019t expect it will be huge. That\u2019s a big move for people from the Greater Toronto Area to the Windsor area, four hours away.<\/p>\n
Stewart says 3,000 people applied for the shift 1.5 years ago. For positions not filled by Brampton employees, Stellantis will look at those applicants first before opening it up to the public. <\/p>\n
Despite hiring underway, Stewart says we need to continue to fight for the auto industry<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to bargain in a way that use the leverage of our critical minerals, our oil and gas, our steel, aluminum,\u201d he said. \u201cBargain with the idea that there\u2019s leverage there to protect the auto industry, to protect softwood lumber.\u201d<\/p>\n
Production on the third shift is scheduled to begin mid-February of next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stellantis is hiring 1,400 people as the third shift is set to return. CTV Windsor\u2019s Stefanie Masotti has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[712,45,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-305248","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}