A strike at General Motor's Cami plant will mean layoffs at auto parts suppliers in the London area, but not in Windsor-Essex.
Thursday marks the fourth day of the strike by 2,800 workers at the Cami plant in Ingersoll.
In the London area, hundreds of Unifor members working at auto parts makers have either been laid off or are bracing for it in the coming days.
"We went through a list of our Unifor represented facilities in the Windsor area, and most have very little to do with that plant," says Unifor Local 444 President James Stewart.
Hsays the impact here will be "very minor if any."
It is a little bit of good news for many in the auto supply business who expect to be affected by a four-week shut down at the Windsor Assembly Plant next month. That plant will also halt production for a week at the end of November, so it can retool to meet new U.S. standards for side airbags.
When Cami does get back up and running, Stewart doubts it will need parts from the Windsor area.
"I think that the suppliers that they have, probably will have quite a supply of parts, because they would build until their storerooms were full," says Stewart. "They would be able to supply them with the parts that they need almost immediately."
The biggest issue in the strike at Cami is job security. The union wants a guarantee the Chevy Equinox crossover vehicle will be made at the Ingersoll facility.
