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Your Best Stuff: Your Reaction: GM closes plant in Oshawa
Summary from Canada, from articles in English
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Canadian Auto Workers President Buzz Hargrove announces during a news conference in Toronto Tuesday, June 3, 2008 that General Motors informed the union of its intention to close the Oshawa truck plant. (article 1)
That anger, while still palpable during the ongoing protest, was beginning to sound like resignation among some of the roughly 75 workers gathered Thursday outside the company's Oshawa offices. (article 1)
Of course its not because of the market this was done; for GM has hybrid truck plants going online very soon. (article 3)
It's a battle that will come down to how the phrase "market demand" in the contract is interpreted - and one neither side seems prepared to lose. (article 2)
When it announced the closures, GM said the move was a response to changing consumer demand as high gas prices push customers away from trucks and into more fuel-efficient cars. (article 2)
, it also says, that promise is " dependent upon market demand and in light of the increasingly uncertain North America truck market and regulatory environment. (article 2)
Union president Buzz Hargrove said Thursday he will not compromise when the union meets on Friday with GM CEO Rick Wagoner, chief financial officer Fritz Henderson and GM Canada president Arturo Elias. (article 2)
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GM, Wagoner, plant, Ford, vehicles |
Source articles
- Hargrove optimistic GM will reverse closure in meeting; workers not so sure (cbc.ca, 06/05/2008, 1322 words)
- Battle between CAW and GM hinges on right to change plans on market conditions (cbc.ca, 06/05/2008, 725 words)
- Your Best Stuff: Your Reaction: GM closes plant in Oshawa (cbc.ca, 06/05/2008, 207 words)
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