GM Hit With First Canada Strike in Decades on Nafta Losses
- Output of top-selling Equinox SUV crimped at Ontario plant
- Union wanted another vehicle to replace jobs lost to Mexico
Chevrolet Equinox
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General Motors Co. auto workers went on strike at a Canadian plant for the first time in 21 years over jobs lost to Mexico, with the union’s president calling the situation “the poster child for what’s wrong with Nafta.”
The strike, which started late Sunday, will cut production of the Chevrolet Equinox, a key sport utility vehicle that the automaker just redesigned for the first time in seven years.