4 g7 j9 i; A# I( O' b2 M0 t6 ^% WCBC News has learned Ford Motor Co. will lay off nearly 400 workers at its engine plant in Windsor, Ont.
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( a/ @$ ~* s* K/ S$ y5 D/ T- r# z' l, zThe news comes just one day after General Motors closed its transmission plant, pulling out of the city after 90 years.
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5 j6 @; Y# K, L! ]+ u+ a( bThe Ford workers have been told they will be laid off beginning Nov. 1.5 ~' e" c+ X' H1 v! Z ~
* }2 e% V& K6 p# v p$ R& ?9 iFord has decided to eliminate one shift at the plant.
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: U& J! b |% I j; wHowever, as that happens, the automaker plans to begin another shift at the newly rebuilt Essex engine plant, also located in Windsor.
6 }, ~0 g$ W4 LThe net loss of jobs in that move will be 388.
& d" z7 A) q/ R8 F"We were aware we were going to lose the shift, they just didn't have the numbers," said Dan Cassidy, president of CAW Local 200, representing Ford workers.
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9 `9 |) L7 A. _! d1 r; p"Now that they've got the numbers, we had to make sure that our members are aware of what's going on and how that will affect them."; _- J0 I6 ] m5 R
GM left 500 people out of work when it closed its transmission plant on Wednesday.
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