Canadian and US Stellantis Workers Call for Unity
Stellantis autoworkers in Canada and the US have denounced Trump's trade war measures, calling for a unified, cross-border struggle to defend jobs and living standards.
“We shouldn’t be pitted against each other”
Workers from Windsor, Ontario, and suburban Detroit spoke out against job destruction and the UAW and Unifor's support for trade war. Stellantis announced it was scrapping plans to build its new Jeep Compass in Brampton, Ontario, shifting production to its Belvidere, Illinois, plant to shield the company from Trump's tariffs.
- 1,500 Brampton jobs are threatened
- The plant's closure is possible
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain praised Trump's tariffs for bringing "back thousands of good union jobs to the US."
Author's summary: Workers unite against job destruction.