Category Archives: Automotive Industry
CAW study finds job gains aren’t as great as they seem
The economic recovery is leaving workers behind, while others are toiling in “survivor” jobs with low pay and little security, states a report released Monday by the Canadian Auto Workers union. The study, called the Workers Adjustment Tracking Project, followed … Continue reading
Ontario looks beyond the struggling auto sector
Ontario’s auto industry is facing ongoing consolidation with the upcoming closing of a Ford Motor Co. plant in St. Thomas in 2011. Last year, General Motors Corp. closed a light truck plant in Oshawa. Auto analyst Dennis DesRosiers, president of … Continue reading
First you lose the vehicle, then you put people out of work
Sarnia’s police chief has come out swinging in support of Ontario auto workers. Phil Nelson said Thursday he’s ticked off that Ford Canada is discontinuing production of the Crown Victoria Police Interceptor and has asked the Ontario Association of Chiefs … Continue reading
Good news for recession-battered St. Thomas
Magna International (MGa.TO) said on Monday that it has won a contract to make the third generation of frames for General Motors Co’s [GM.UL] full-size light-duty pickups and sport utility vehicles. Magna said it would not disclose the amount of … Continue reading
Filed under Automotive Industry, Canadian economy, City of St. Thomas
St. Thomas/Elgin needs to go green to jump-start economy, says Jack Layton
From the Times-Journal: An industrial strategy, taking aim at eco-friendly jobs and technology, is what’s needed to help the flagging economy in Elgin-St. Thomas. So said federal NDP leader Jack Layton who, Friday, met with a dozen local labour leaders, … Continue reading
The (Proudly Built in St. Thomas) Police Interceptor Is Dead. Long Live The Police Interceptor!
According to Ford, the new Police Interceptor was developed in conjunction with the automaker’s Police Advisory Board and will exceed the Crown Victoria’s abilities in performance, durability and safety. “We have heard the repeated requests from the law enforcement community … Continue reading
Filed under Automotive Industry, City of St. Thomas
S. Ontario straw becomes Ford Flex storage bins
Research at the University of Waterloo has led four southern Ontario farmers to send straw from soft, white winter wheat to an auto parts plant in Ohio for plastic production that is ending up as third-row storage bins in the … Continue reading
London seeking $150 million offered Ford Canada’s St. Thomas Assembly Plant
Posted by Ian: St. Thomas and Elgin county lose the Ford plant and as a result the economic impact will be compounded via support operations like Lear Seating, trucking companies and CN who relied heavily on the St. Thomas Assembly … Continue reading
A future without Ford – the new reality
By Kyle Rea St. Thomas Times-Journal As fallout continues from the news that Ford’s St. Thomas Assembly Plant will shut its doors in fall 2011, three of the biggest casualties locally — Southwold township, the Lear Seating plant and the … Continue reading
