It has been in operation since 1953, and plant currently has enough work to keep it busy through the Edge's current production cycle. Union negotiationsThe Fiorani report comes as the labour agreement between Ford and Unifor, its largest Canadian union, is set to expire. "The Ford Oakville plant was already going to be the focus of our contract negotiations this fall with Ford so what this did was certainly put a spotlight on it for good reason," Dias said. In addition to the Edge, the Ford plant in Oakville also makes the Lincoln Nautilus, which was already slated to be phased out in 2023. Last year, Ford ended production of the Ford Flex and Lincoln MKT, which were both assembled at the Oakville plant.

Source: CBC News June 16, 2020 17:16 UTC