The pressure is now on Stellantis, one of the largest automakers in the world, which is the only major automaker that has not yet come to terms with the UAW in its massive strike.
And in a bid to intensify the pressure, Canadian union members went on strike against the company after midnight this morning. Roughly 8,200 members of Canada’s Unifor union which means five Stellantis plants in Canada will shut down until an agreement is reached.
From a supply chain standpoint, though, the impact won’t be immediate. The company’s largest plant – an assembly facility in Windsor, Ontario, which rolls out the Chrysler Pacifica, Voyager and Grand Caravan minivans – was already under a maintenance shutdown.
Last week, the UAW expanded its strike to include the factory that makes Ram 1500 trucks. The Ram 1500 is one of the more expensive, profitable and popular vehicles in America right now. The walkout is strategic and hurtful to one of the world’s largest automakers – Stellantis, which considers the truck one of its most important and profitable vehicles. The company sells over 300,000 Ram trucks per year and this stoppage will cut into that.
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