OSHAWA—GM Canada says it will temporarily lay off employees at its Oshawa works as it restarts a truck assembly line and scales back car production to address shifting American buyer preferences. Spokesperson Jennifer Wright says that Oshawa employees who build Chevrolet Impala and Cadillac XTS passenger cars have been informed of additional down weeks but wouldn’t give details of how many workers are affected or for how long. She says an Oshawa plant assembly line that once produced the Chevrolet Equinox is being repurposed to build a truck, but the type of truck won’t be released until January, when production begins. She says the change will have a “neutral employment impact” at the assembly plant. GM Canada said Friday it sold a total of 23,612 vehicles in November, a 17.2-per-cent year-over-year drop, but Canadian year-to-date sales are up 13.6 per cent to 283,000, thanks to strong sales earlier in the year.

Source: thestar December 01, 2017 18:22 UTC