Canadian Auto Workers president Buzz Hargrove says by the end of the week, up to 100-thousand Canadian workers could be out of work as a result of the G-M strike south of the border.

Toronto - Canadian Auto Workers president Buzz Hargrove says by the end of the week, up to 100-thousand Canadian workers could be out of work as a result of the G-M strike south of the border.

That includes workers in the auto and auto parts industries. and Hargrove says the impact will be felt mostly in Ontario and Quebec.

He says it’s difficult to estimate how long the dispute will last — but he says there are very difficult problems to resolve.

He says G-M seems to be saying to U-A-W members that they have to pay for problems caused by unfair trade that’s costing the company market share.
G-M Canada’s Number One car plant in Oshawa, east of Toronto, will stop producing Chevrolet Impala sedans at 3 a-m tomorrow morning.
Oshawa’s Number Two plant, which assembles the Pontiac Grand Prix and Buick Allure, will shut down at the end of tomorrow’s day shift.

Hargrove says the Oshawa truck plant has enough parts to keep building Silverado and Sierra pickups for about three days.

The transmission plant in Windsor has already closed and a component plant in St. Catharines will soon be closed because of the lack of U-S demand for its output.