{"id":497157,"date":"2026-02-24T21:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/497157\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T21:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:54:12","slug":"union-pushing-stellantis-to-re-open-brampton-assembly-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/497157\/","title":{"rendered":"Union pushing Stellantis to re-open Brampton Assembly plant"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cSolidarity is our greatest strength,\u201d a packed house of unionized Stellantis workers in Brampton were told last Thursday as their union pushes to re-open the idled Brampton Assembly plant.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of members gathered at the Unifor Local 1285 hall on February 19 to hear an update on how Unifor plans to pressure Stellantis to bring Jeep production back to the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a difficult moment, but it is moments like this that leadership matters and in these moments, solidarity becomes our greatest strength,\u201d said Brampton Assembly Plant Skilled Trades Chair Jason Watson. \u201cCorporations will always prioritize profit. They do not make decisions based on conscience or community. That is why we exist. This is why working people form unions. We are the balance. We are the voice. We are the moral compass. We will continue to fight with integrity and together we will see this through.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Brampton Assembly Plant Skilled Trades Chair Jason Watson<\/p>\n

Unifor President Lana Payne said the challenges facing the industry are not accidental, but part of a broader pattern of economic pressure.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to understand that the attack on our auto industry has been surgical, designed to do exactly what we\u2019re seeing,\u201d she said. \u201cThis industry does not belong to Donald Trump or the United States or anybody else. It belongs to us, and we have to fight for it every single minute of every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Payne pointed out that tariffs do not excuse what happened in Brampton, arguing that Stellantis had other options.<\/p>\n

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Unifor National President Lana Payne<\/p>\n

\u201cSince Stellantis announced its temporary pause in February last year, there hasn\u2019t been a week when this local team, all of us together, haven\u2019t demanded answers and clarity from the company,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to keep building cars in Brampton. Let\u2019s keep fighting together, and let\u2019s make sure that we are saving this industry for you and for your kids and for the next generation of workers, because they deserve to work in an auto industry in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unifor Local 1285 President Vito Beato promised to hold the company \u201caccountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not going to let them off the hook. Stellantis has got to stop appeasing the U.S. administration and look at the federal government\u2019s auto strategy for pieces they can use to get the Brampton plant back up and running.\u201d<\/p>\n


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