Union members set up a blockade outside General Motors' Canadian headquarters on Wednesday, a day after the automaker announced it was halting production at four factories across North America. - "Nobody is going into GM’s head office as long as we're standing here today," Canadian Auto Workers Local 222 president Chris Buckley told CBC News, noting that workers have been allowed to cross the blockade on foot, but not with their vehicles. - GM CEO Rick Wagoner was to meet with CAW president Buzz Hargrove on Friday, but Buckley said the blockade will remain in place. He said the union wants GM to reverse its decision, which will leave about 2,600 employees out of work. - "This decision will have an absolutely devastating impact, not only on 2,600 of my members, but throughout this community, throughout our province." - The Oshawa plant, which produces the Chevrolet Silverado and the GMC Sierra, is expected to close in 2009, GM CEO Rick...
Union members from across Ontario are expected in Oshawa on Thursday to join protests against plans by General Motors to close a truck plant in the city, the Canadian Auto Workers union says....
Union members complied with a court order to end their blockade at General Motors of Canada's headquarters on Monday, but warned they have more protests in store for the automaker. Members of...
Newly released court documents show Ontario Provincial Police were just minutes away from moving in to forcibly remove a First Nations blockade that prompted the closure of Highway 401 during last...
Teams of heavily armed police were poised to crack down on native demonstrators who erected blockades during a day of protest in eastern Ontario in June, CBC News has learned. - CBC's The...
Newly released court documents show Ontario Provincial Police were just minutes away from moving in to forcibly remove a First Nations blockade that prompted the closure of Highway 401 during last...
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