US EditionNextStar expects up to 900 foreign workers to help build Windsor battery plant
- NextStar Energy Inc. expects 900 foreign workers, including technicians from South Korea, to help build its battery plant in Windsor, Ont.
- The company plans to create 2,500 full-time jobs for Canadians to run the plant, with 1,600 Canadian tradespeople employed during construction.
- The battery plant will receive up to $15 billion in government funding tied to its battery production.
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NextStar expects up to 900 foreign workers to help build Windsor battery plant
NextStar Energy Inc. says it expects upwards of 900 foreign workers to help build its heavily-subsidized battery plant in Windsor, Ont. The company, joint-owned by Stellantis and South Korea-based LG Corp., says the temporary global staff will be part of the roughly 1,600 technicians its external su...
WINDSOR, Ont. — NextStar Energy says it expects more than 900 foreign workers to participate in the construction of its subsidized battery factory in Windsor, Ont. The company, jointly owned by Stellantis and LG, of South Korea, says that temporary international staff will be among the approximately 1600 technicians that its external suppliers will use to assemble, install and test specialized equipment. The estimates come a week after police in…
Up to 900 foreign workers will help build EV battery plant in Windsor, Ont., NextStar says amid backlash
Amid pushback over plans to use foreign workers, NextStar Energy has confirmed it wants to hire hundreds of technicians from South Korea to help set up the government-subsidized electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont.
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