General Motors is laying off 1,314 workers at manufacturing plants in Michigan, months after reaching a new labor contract with the United Auto Workers (UAW). The announcement was made Thursday (Dec. 14) and Local 4 was told 945 people will be employed at the automaker’s Orion Assembly Subsystems Plant in Orion Township. Officials say the … [Read more…]
Pfizer will lay off between 60 and 70 workers in Quebec by the end of next month to “realign company-wide costs and operate more efficiently,” it says. The newspaper. “It is not easy to see our colleagues go, and we do not make these decisions lightly,” Pfizer Canada spokesperson Christina Antoniou admitted to the Journal … [Read more…]
Electric bus and truck maker Lion Électrique announced Monday the layoffs of 150 employees, representing about 10% of the Quebec company’s total workforce. • Also read: There are clouds on the horizon for the battery industry In a press release, Lion Électrique explained that it made this decision “to reduce its cost structure and improve … [Read more…]