Slippery Slope: Strain on Windsor battery plant negotiations putting Brampton plant at risk, sources say
Windsor, Ontario — Disputes surrounding Stellantis’ plans to build a battery plant in Windsor have taken a notably more dire turn, as sources close to the automaker have informed the Windsor Star that the company may be calling its entire Canadian footprint into question. In the hot potato game that the funding of this new […]
Goodbye, Sweatpants: Tesla CEO Elon Musk condemns remote work in leaked email
Toronto, Ontario — A leaked email signalled a change in Tesla’s practices: work in person, or work elsewhere. “Anyone who wishes to do remote work must be in the office for a minimum of 40 hours per week,” said Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an email to the company’s executives on May 31. Ostensibly, the […]
Workers Wanted: Quebec welcomes temporary foreign autobody workers
Montreal, Quebec — Autobody workers in Quebec can now be hired without employers searching for Canadians first. Quebec’s Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) is a list of high-demand jobs which allows employers to hire temporary foreign workers directly, without proving that they tried and failed to find qualified Canadians first. Updates to the LMIA by […]
Local Love: FCA Canada employees raise $900K-plus for Windsor-Essex United Way
Windsor, Ontario — Employees of FCA Canada (now Stellantis) are giving back in a big way to the community that has supported their company for so long with the donation of $943,149 to the United Way/Centraide Windsor-Essex County 2020-2021 campaign. Announced on Tuesday, this donation is the single largest ever made to the United Way […]
