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CBC News has learned Ford Motor Co. will lay off nearly 400 workers at its engine plant in Windsor, Ont.
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Q) m& U) @7 ^! f; {4 QThe news comes just one day after General Motors closed its transmission plant, pulling out of the city after 90 years.; r0 R C4 F$ M" P8 y( T
7 r) H0 i+ ]* }) Q* L8 H. U HThe Ford workers have been told they will be laid off beginning Nov. 1.
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Ford has decided to eliminate one shift at the plant.
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5 |3 ~, ^; o0 |! ~! I* Q9 }However, as that happens, the automaker plans to begin another shift at the newly rebuilt Essex engine plant, also located in Windsor./ }# k& k8 v9 W
The net loss of jobs in that move will be 388." d, \5 D P3 g- s
"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.2 W; s. n$ k1 w
# M0 ] V; `. b) V J"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."
* v8 ?8 Z1 n1 O. BGM left 500 people out of work when it closed its transmission plant on Wednesday.
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