Strike Forces GM to Explore Alternatives for Equinox Production
- Workers at Ontario plant have been on strike for four weeks
- GM also makes the Equinox SUV at a factory in Mexico
Employees and Unifor members hold 'On Strike' signs outside the General Motors plant in Ingersoll, Canada, on Sept. 20, 2017.
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General Motors Co. is looking at alternative plants for production of the popular Chevrolet Equinox SUV as a strike at a Canadian factory drags into its fourth week.
The company is at an impasse with striking workers at the plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, and feels that it has no choice but to start exploring other locations, said a company official who asked not to be identified amid the negotiations. The Equinox, which was just redesigned this year, is also produced at two plants in Mexico.