General Motors plans to close Canadian assembly facilities: TV report
PHOTO PHOTO: A number of cars are on track following a shift in the General Motors Car Mounting Facility in Oshawa on June 1, 2012. REUTERS / Mark Blinch / File Photo
TORONTO (Reuters) – General Motors Co. GM.N ) plans to shut down all operations at a factory near Toronto, and a message is expected on Monday, reported a local TV news channel Sunday
. Kiting of several sources, CTV News reported that the plant closure in Oshawa in the province of Ontario was expected to affect "thousands" of high paying jobs. GM builds sedans on a gathering line and picking up another. The closure of the facility is part of global restructuring, adds the report.
A Canada-based GM spokesman refused comment.
GM employs around 2500 unions and about 300 employees in the Oshawa area. The US machine has other operations in Canada, including a factory in Ingersoll, Ontario, where it collects Chevrolet Equinox.
Reporting by Allison Lampert and David Ljunggren; Written by Denny Thomas; Editing David Gregorio
