US Edition'Defiant' Canada autoworkers vow to fight tariff layoffs
- Union leader Jeff Gray, representing Canadians working for GM, delivered a defiant message in Oshawa, approximately 60 kilometers east of Toronto, to companies considering moving auto jobs to the United States in response to President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs.
- President Trump's proposed 25% tariffs on auto imports, including car parts, have created turmoil for hundreds of thousands of workers in southern Ontario whose jobs are tied to auto-making, leading to industry expert warnings of potential mass layoffs.
- Gray, a long-time auto worker and member of UNIFOR Local 222, which assembles Chevy Silverado pick-up trucks, vowed to physically prevent car companies from removing equipment from Canadian plants if necessary.
- Gray stated, "It's not happening," and "We're not going to lose one single auto job in Ontario," while Lana Payne, Unifor President, described Trump's threats as an unjust assault and stated, "Trump fails to understand the chaos and damage the tariffs will inflict on workers and consumers in both Canada and the United States."
- The future of Canada's auto sector, caught up in Trump's trade war, remains unclear, with uncertainty breeding division among workers like Robert Romano, despite their "100 percent" interest in their jobs, and Gray insisting his members would reject previously offered solutions to auto workers facing layoffs.
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