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CBC News has learned Ford Motor Co. will lay off nearly 400 workers at its engine plant in Windsor, Ont.
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The news comes just one day after General Motors closed its transmission plant, pulling out of the city after 90 years.
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The Ford workers have been told they will be laid off beginning Nov. 1.
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% g+ h! N* U8 {2 _Ford has decided to eliminate one shift at the plant.
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2 C& O. N# v% R+ L7 ZHowever, as that happens, the automaker plans to begin another shift at the newly rebuilt Essex engine plant, also located in Windsor.
6 p- Z/ I- V6 E% }4 u% QThe net loss of jobs in that move will be 388.4 \3 T% i6 K7 R) p/ A
"We were aware we were going to lose the shift, they just didn't have the numbers," said Dan Cassidy, president of CAW Local 200, representing Ford workers.5 q* [$ A! P: J$ f4 L& s b, X1 R
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"Now that they've got the numbers, we had to make sure that our members are aware of what's going on and how that will affect them."* B$ l4 [$ W2 {1 y5 L/ {7 I
GM left 500 people out of work when it closed its transmission plant on Wednesday.
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