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& B- u4 @9 `0 N* H& cCBC News has learned Ford Motor Co. will lay off nearly 400 workers at its engine plant in Windsor, Ont.
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The news comes just one day after General Motors closed its transmission plant, pulling out of the city after 90 years.
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The Ford workers have been told they will be laid off beginning Nov. 1./ v) Z* x9 ~9 i8 K8 f& u3 F. N3 [
( b6 n" W9 v! ?/ |( fFord has decided to eliminate one shift at the plant./ M1 s% J+ ?: }/ W8 x
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However, as that happens, the automaker plans to begin another shift at the newly rebuilt Essex engine plant, also located in Windsor.; J( I2 K& c, K) B3 c z
The net loss of jobs in that move will be 388.
8 R* F1 ~% `3 s$ z6 ?" \"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.8 B6 w5 Q# @2 M* w8 f6 d, F: c
/ s$ B0 n1 E' t2 h8 X"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."( W- Z6 l7 C$ n: T. |& _
GM left 500 people out of work when it closed its transmission plant on Wednesday.4 |. `3 V) `: |# W% ^4 u
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