GM / Camaro production shifted from Oshawa to Michigan – 2 000 jobs at stake

General Motors is moving production of the Chevrolet Camaro from its Oshawa, Ont., plant to a Michigan facility, the company said in a statement denounced by the Canadian Auto Workers’ union as a “betrayal.”

GM said Wednesday that “lower capital investment and improved production efficiencies were key factors” in the move.

But CAW president Ken Lewenza said the automaker’s decision is “a betrayal of the commitment made to the Canadian government, to Canadian taxpayers.”

“It’s a betrayal to our CAW membership and it’s a betrayal to Canada relative to Canadian jobs in a very important industry in the province of Ontario,” he said at a news conference in Oshawa.

However, the CAW’s latest contract with GM guaranteed Camaro production at the Oshawa flex plant only until the end of the current generation. GM said production of the new Camaro will be consolidated with the production of the Cadillac CTS and ATS in Michigan because they are all rear-wheel drive vehicles and rolling them out from the same facility will improve efficiency.

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