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General Motors Transmission Plant CAW Manufacturing	1550 Kildare Road Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open closed: 2010	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 1400
details: Represented by CAW Local 1973. Until April 2007, 350 workers were on a temporary 2-month layoff. Upon returning to work, the company announced 375 permanent layoffs to start July 2007. However, on May 17, 2007, GM indicated that no new product is intended for the plant, and transmission assembly would be moving to St. Catharines in 2009 (represented by CAW Local 199). The plant faces closure in 3 years, by 2010. On June 3, 2007, Buzz Hargrove announced the CAW would launch a nation-wide strike of GM facilities in September 2008 if a new product for the Windsor plant was not found. There is also no guarantee for St. Catharines workers that the product will definitely come to their facility. GM has asked plant management and union leaders to make "a business case" for sending the work there, which "will include renegotiation of a local union agreement to lower costs and improve efficiencies, and gaining government support, GM spokesperson Stew Low said" to the Toronto Star. GM announced on May 12, 2008 its firm intent to close the plant in 2010.
Kitchener Frame (Martinrea) CAW Manufacturing	1011 Homer Watson Boulevard Kitchener	status: open closed: 2010	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 700 potential layoffs: 800
details: Represented by CAW Local 1451. Maker of frames for 2 GM SUV models which are being phased out. Previously owned by ThyssenKrupp Budd, Martinrea acquired the facility in 2006. In April 2006, union workers ratified a three-year contract following contract concessions made in 2005. In 2007, Martinrea again sought concessions in order to "attract more business by being more competitive in the auto parts industry". At this time, the plant was operating at half capacity, with 800 people working and 700 on layoff. In February 2008, the company announced the possible closure of the plant in April 2009 (the end of the current collective agreement)unless "production costs", especially labour costs, could be lowered and more work could be found. Negotiation of a wind-down agreement with Martinrea resulted in postponement of the closure to summer 2010.
Wallace Barnes Manufacturing	Burlington Burlington	status: closed opened: 1921 closed: 2010	jobs lost: 42 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of springs for cars.
Nemak (Essex Aluminium) CAW Manufacturing	6500 Cantelon Drive Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed opened: 1981 closed: 2009	jobs lost: 600 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 200. Maker of aluminium cylinder heads, and a joint venture with Ford. The plant was originally built by Ford in 1981, but became a joint venture between Ford and Nemak in 2000, when the latter bought a controlling interest in the facility. The company announced on February 6, 2008 that the Nemak Essex Aluminum plant would close in Spring 2009. The facility officially closed on February 13, 2009, and production has moved to Mexico.
John Deere CAW Manufacturing	555 Canal Bank Road Welland	status: open opened: 1911 closed: 2009	jobs lost: 800 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: The Welland plant produced utility vehicles and attachments for commercial and consumer equipment and agricultural equipment businesses. Deere and Co. announced in September 2008 that it would close its Welland plant and shift production to its facilities in Wisconsin and Mexico in abid to increase profitability.
US Steel (Hilton Works) USW Manufacturing	Burlington Street Hamilton Hamilton Centre	status: closed opened: 1910 closed: 2009	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 1700 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by USWA Local 1005. Known as Stelco since 1910 until purchased by US Steel in 2007. Around 680 workers were laid off in November 2008. US Steel announced a temporary but indefinite shut down of the entire Hamilton facility on March 3rd, 2009.
Affinia Group Manufacturing	521 McGeachie Drive Milton	status: open opened: 1986 closed: 2009	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 50
details: Manufacturer of automotive brake components (brake shoes). The company announced on March 4, 2009 its intention to close the Milton facility within the next four months, citing a shift away from drum and shoe brakes to disc brakes.
Conquest Vacations Non-union Administrative and Support	Toronto / Vancouver	status: closed opened: 1972 closed: 2009	jobs lost: 100 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Travel tour operator. The company suddenly announced its closure on April 15th, 2009, citing overcapacity and price wars in the tour industry, unreasonable demands from credit companies and tight credit markets, and the recession's negative impact on its business. A employee told CP24 that they had no warning of the shutdown and many were let go without severance.
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions UNITE-HERE Manufacturing	335 Woodlawn Road West Guelph	status: open opened: 1960 closed: 2009	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 100
details: Represented by UNITE HERE Local 2379. Manufacturer of Elastomers products for automotive, agriculture and appliance industries. Trelleborg bought the facility in 2003. The company announced on June 9, 2008 that the manufacturing facility would close within a year.
General Motors Truck Assembly CAW Manufacturing	Park Road South Oshawa	status: closed opened: 1965 closed: 2009	jobs lost: 2600 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 222. Manufacturer of Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size and crew-cab pickups. GM announced the closure of the truck assembly on June 3, 2008. The union and the workers, expecting the announcement of a new hybrid truck to be produced in Oshawa, were taken by surprise, especially given the new collective agreement signed in May 2008 which committed GM to truck production for the next three years. Workers walked off the job for several hours, and blockaded the GM office building for 13 days. Despite these efforts, the decision to close was not altered. Most of the truck production from the Oshawa facility will move to Silao, Mexico, as well as to Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Pontiac and Flint, Michigan. The last truck, produced on May 15, 2009, was raffled off to raise money for the Sick Children's Hospital Foundation, and raised $90,000. Workers left their workboots on the plant gates in symbolic protest as they left the facility for the last time.
Dow Chemical CEP Manufacturing	1425 Vidal St South Sarnia	status: closed opened: 1942 closed: 2009	jobs lost: 380 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CEP Local 672. Manufacturer of plastics, latex, and other chemical additives. On August 31, 2006, Dow Chemical Canada announced the closure of the Sarnia plant by April 2009. The Sarnia facility's six plants have been closed and demolished in stages over those three years.
Dover Cone Manufacturing	Harvester Road Burlington	status: closed opened: 1909 closed: 2009	jobs lost: 77 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of ice cream cones. Formerly known as Robinson Cone, this was the oldest ice cream cone manufacturer in Canada. The parent company, Dover Industries, was recently sold to Winnipeg-based Parrish and Heimbecker, which produces flour and animal feeds. The company cited "tough competition" from US-based manufacturers and changing dietary preferences leading people to switch to paper cups.
Royal Mattress Manufacturing	Burlington	status: closed opened: 1967 closed: 2009	jobs lost: 70 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of mattresses, with six retail outlets in the Burlington / Hamilton area. At its peak, the company employed 70 people, but had recently cut back to 18 employees. The The company declared bankruptcy on June 16, 2009. The owners cite declining sales, particularly the loss of a contract with IKEA, for their financial difficulties.
Bauer Industries Ltd. CAW Manufacturing	187 King St S Waterloo, ON	status: closed closed: 2009	jobs lost: 250 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Bauer makes insulation products for the auto industry. The company has been in operation in Waterloo since 1888. The company originally made cotton products for bedding and furniture. In Feburary 2009, CAW members employed at auto parts maker Bauer Industries in Waterloo ended their blockade of the plant after an agreement was reached with management to pay all outstanding wages and vacation pay. The company has agreed to pay its portion of outstanding pension contributions under the defined contribution pension plan. The blockade was set up after the company attempted to remove finished product from the facility on February 20. At that time the workers had not received their last pay cheque, vacation or termination pay. The 35 workers, represented by CAW Local 1524, were told on February 13 that there would be no work until further notice. The plant produced textiles for vehicle seats. CAW staff representative Bruce Toman said the five-day old blockade was taken down after the company and union reached agreement.
NPG Envelope Manufacturing	144 Queen Street North Hamilton Hamilton Centre	status: open closed: 2008	jobs lost: 69 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: NPG Envelope was purchased by Supremex Inc. from National Paper Goods in August 2007. In February 2008, Supremex decided to shut the Hamilton plant, and intends to offer 85% of its 69 employees positions in other plants (there are three other plants in the Greater Toronto Area).
Sears Canada Hamilton Call Centre Administrative and Support	1227 Barton Street East Hamilton Hamilton East-Stoney Creek	status: open opened: 1993 closed: 2008	jobs lost: 142 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Sears Canada's call centre at the Centre Mall will close May 26, 2008, and jobs will be consolidated at one of two call centres in Montreal.
Plastech Engineered Products CAW Manufacturing	Leamington Chatham-Kent	status: closed closed: 2008	jobs lost: 300 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 1769. Maker of automotive parts, primarily for Chrysler. The Windsor Star reports that workers believe their plant's work will be taken up by Magna International plants.
Nova Steel Ltd. Manufacturing	Pinebush Road Cambridge	status: closed opened: 1982 closed: 2008	jobs lost: 33 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Steel slitting plant. The parent company, Novamerican Steel, was bought by Symmetry Holdings, a NY-based cheque acquisition firm, in November 2007. The closure of the Cambridge plant was announced on April 8, 2008, to take effect in the following 4-5 weeks. The company argued that consolidation would result in more efficient distribution to customers, but also saving the company $4.5m in operating expenses. Half of the plant's 65 employees were offered positions at the company's Stoney Creek facility.
W.C. Wood Company Manufacturing	Duke Street Guelph	status: closed opened: 1941 closed: 2008	jobs lost: 350 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of refrigerators and upright freezers. In November 2006, 200 jobs at the Duke Street plant were elminated and the work shifted to an existing W. C. Wood plant in Ohio and to China, where the company uses contract manufacturers. In early 2008, the family-owned business was sold to Red Diamond Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York. When asked by the Guelph Tribune if the company's remaining local employees should be worried, David Wood replied: "Not at all. I think this actually gives them greater security." In October 2008, the company announced the December 2008 closure of the Duke Street plant, resulting in the elimination of another 150 jobs.
Engel Canada Manufacturing	545 Elmira Road North Guelph	status: closed closed: 2008	jobs lost: 225 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of injection molding machines. The company announced in February 2008 work would be shifted to Austria and Pennsylvania in May 2008. The company retained about 33 employees in other departments, including sales, service, spare parts and training.
MTD Products CAW Manufacturing	Ottawa and Kent Kitchener	status: closed closed: 2008	jobs lost: 410 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented By CAW Local 1524. Manufacturer of snowblowers and lawnmowers. In June 2007, MTD closed its tool and die and press shops, resulting in 170 job losses. On August 15, 2008, the company announced the plant's planned closure by October of that year. The servicing and warehouse operations will remain open indefinitely, employing 35 people. Manufacturing has been consolidated in Cleveland, Ohio.
Simmons Canada CAW Manufacturing	15 Bramalea Road Brampton	status: closed opened: 1973 closed: 2008	jobs lost: 153 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 513. Manufacturer of Beautyrest mattresses. The company abruptly closed the plant on September 9, 2008 after three weeks of a strike by its unionized employees. The dispute was over benefit changes and introduction of an incentive plan. Production was shifted to plants in Canada and the US.
Lear Corp. Manufacturing	Kitchener	status: closed closed: 2008	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 210 potential layoffs: 0
details: 100 layoffs since beginning of 2007, with another 110 layoffs by mid 2008; another additional 130 employees were laid off over this same period.
Capitol Theatre Non-union Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	121 University Avenue West Windsor Windsor West	status: closed opened: 1920 closed: 2007	jobs lost: 13 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: The theatre relied heavily on money from charity bingo operations, several of which closed in 2006. The Capitol was in discussions with the City of Windsor for a loan to continue operations, but a deal was unable to be reached in time to avoid bankruptcy.
Hallmark Technologies Non-union Manufacturing	2187 Huron Church Rd Windsor Windsor West	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 217 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: The company had 150 active employees and 71 pensioners at the time of closure. In March 2007, employees were told that there were no assets to liquidate and distribute to them and other creditors.
Prodigy Technologies Manufacturing	5041 8th Concession, RR# 3 Maidstone Essex	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Toolmaker. Prodigy declared bankruptcy in March 2007, with nearly $7 million in debts. The Windsor Star reported that employees had been laid off in advance of the bankruptcy and had therefore received all the monies owed them.
Smart Set Non-union Retail Trade	605 Ouellette Ave Windsor Windsor West	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: One of the last major retailers located in downtown Windsor.
Tenneco CAW Manufacturing	3215 Jefferson Blvd Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 21 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Windsor Tool and Die CAW Manufacturing	1680 Kildare Road Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed opened: 1923 closed: 2007	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 44 potential layoffs: 0
details: orig Windsor Machine, Pitt Street, then Langlois; Model T
Ford Essex Engine Plant CAW Manufacturing	1 Quality Way Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 1022 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 200. Ford Motor Co. announced the 2007 closure of the Essex Engine Plant which will affect 650 production and 100 salaried workers. This is in addition to the permanent layoffs (400 workers) that occurred in June 2006, and a workforce reduction of another 520 production and maintenance personnel in September and October 2006; 1000 / 2000 Ford workers in layoff or on notice of layoff. The plant was idled in November 2007, and the union is continuing to lobby for new investment.
Ford Windsor Casting Plant CAW Manufacturing	1 Quality Way Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed opened: 1934 closed: 2007	jobs lost: 675 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 200. The casting plant is slated to close in June 2007, with 450 workers remaining. In early May, workers gathered for a commemorative group photo, which they planned to purchase and donate the proceeds to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Windsor Family Forum Health Care and Social Assistance	150-2109 Ottawa Street Windsor Windsor West	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 10 potential layoffs: 0
details: Provided counselling to between 200- 300 people per week on addiction, depression and domestic violence. Staff were laid off in August 2006 as a result of loss of revenue from bingo halls, six of which closed later that year. The WFF board of directors decided in October 2006 to discontinue the service.
GenFast Manufacturing USW Manufacturing	225 Henry Street Brantford	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 210 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Maker of bolts, nuts, screws, rivets and washers. Genfast closed in April 2007, without paying its employees their last two weeks pay, vacation pay or severance. Production from the plant was moved to the parent company, MNP, in Michigan, which has since also opened facilities in China.
Amcan Castings (Hamilton) USW Manufacturing	Hillyard Street Hamilton Hamilton Centre	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 270 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Auto parts manufacturer. Closed September 2007. Employed almost 1000 workers in 2003. About 100 people were on layoff at the time of the closure. Workers occupied the plant in October 2007 when informed that they would lose their jobs without severance or termination pay. The pension fund was also underfunded, which may lead to benefit cuts for about 85 retirees. Since that time, workers have received about 70% of their severance.
Amcan (Burlington) USW Manufacturing	Harvester Road Burlington	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 75 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Closed September 2007.
Dana Canada Manufacturing	Thorold	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 537 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Haun Drop Forge Manufacturing	Welland	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 29 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Niagara Brewing Co. Manufacturing	Niagara Falls	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 11 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Dana Canada - Frame Plant Manufacturing	Thorold	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 125 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Cadbury Schweppes Beverages Manufacturing	St. Catharines	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 26 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Canada Hair Cloth Manufacturing	St. Catharines	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 42 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Heidt Products Manufacturing	290 Marsland Drive Waterloo	status: closed opened: 1963 closed: 2007	jobs lost: 80 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of school and patio furniture. The company declared bankruptcy in December 2006, citing the rapid increase in the value of the Canadian dollar and its impact on the company's ability to compete in the U.S. market.
Wix Filtration - Affinia Group Manufacturing	Cambridge	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 150 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of automotive filtration products. Affinia announced in September 2006 its intention to close the plant and consolidate production in other "global manufacturing locations"
American Standard USW Manufacturing	Cambridge	status: closed opened: 1913 closed: 2007	jobs lost: 58 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of sinks and bathtubs. Stamped and Enamelled Ware Ltd began manufacuring sinks in 1913. American Standard bought the facility in 1969. The closure was announced on May 24, 2007, and manufacturing ended on September 13 of that year.
NCR Corporation Non-union Manufacturing	Weber Street Waterloo	status: closed opened: 1972 closed: 2007	jobs lost: 450 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 4Manufacturer of bank machines and self checkout systems. At its peak, NCR employed close to 1000 workers in manufacturing. In October 2007, NCR announced the closure of the Waterloo manufacturing facility by November of that year, with the work contacted out to Solectron Corp. plants in South Carolina, Mexico and Brazil. NCR continues to employ about 300 people in Waterloo, in research and engineering positions. Mobilization by NCR workers and the Waterloo Regional Labour Council resulted in the creation of a job action centre, even though the workers there were not unionized.
Dana Corporation Manufacturing	Guelph	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 25 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of front and rear frame structures for vehicles. On December 12, 2006, the company announced the plant's closure scheduled for February 28, 2007.
Dura Automotive Ltd. CAW Manufacturing	617 Douro Street Stratford	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 280 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 397. Manufacturer of park brake cables. US-based Dura Automotive Systems filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 30, 2006, and the Stratford closure was announced that same year. The work from the Stratford facility was moved to Matamoros, Mexico.
Elster Canadian Meter Company Manufacturing	275 Industrial Road Cambridge	status: open closed: 2007	jobs lost: 75 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of electrical, gas and water meters. The company announced on June 19, 2007 that it would transfer manufacturing and service operations to Nebraska and Georgia at the end of 2007. Staff employed in sales, marketing and customer support divisions remain.
Canada Cordage Manufacturing	50 Ottawa Street South Kitchener	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 100 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of wide variety of industrial ropes for over 150 years. At one time, Canada Cordage was Kitchener's largest employer, employing 300 people in the early 1970s. The Krug family sold the company in 2003 to a group of private owners, who began restructuring by laying off 27 of the 100 workes. When rhe company announced in April 2007 the closure of the manufacturing facility, with production consolidated at Orion Ropeworks in Winslow, Maine, there were only 6 unionized workers and 7 managers left. Distribution, customer service and sdministration work is still done in Kitchener.
W.C. Wood Company Manufacturing	Highway 24 Kitchener	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 100 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of dehumidifiers. In 2007, the company announced that it woudl transfer production to one of its two Guelph plants.
Imperial Tobacco Manufacturing	Aylmer	status: closed closed: 2007	jobs lost: 260 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Imperial Tobacco's Aylmer processing plant -- the lone remaining plant in Southwestern Ontario's once-booming tobacco belt -- will shut down in 2007, putting all 80 employees out of work. In June 2003, 260 employees were laid off at the plant, which processes tobacco. The company's Guelph manufacturing plant will close in 2006, resulting in the loss of 555 employees.
Dura Automotive Manufacturing	205 Mary St, N3S 1A1 Brantford, ON	status: open closed: 2007	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 118 potential layoffs: 0
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Bernard Mould Manufacturing	5150 Ure St Oldcastle Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed opened: 1969 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 27 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Maker of model car kits, automobile emblems, small interior car parts, lacrosse sticks, high- quality plastic figures such as soldiers and movie characters, light reflectors and safety signs for school buses, lacrosse helmets, crayon sharpeners and shafts for hockey sticks manufactured from fibreglass and basalt. Ed Bernard, the owner, attributed the closure to the practice of OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers which sees payment for parts delayed up to 18 months, forcing tool and die companies to subsidize the larger manufacturers.
Boycott's Quality Furniture Non-union Retail Trade	11865 County Road #42 Tecumseh Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed opened: 1971 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 9 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Brahm Industries Non-union Manufacturing	417 Advance Blvd; Blackacre Drive, Oldcastle Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed opened: 1984 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 250 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Maker of interior and exterior automotive components (door, seat, instrument panel and steering wheel). Brahm went into receivership in December 2006. 185 people were employed at the time of closure. The non-unionized employees, some with 18 years seniority, did not receive severance packages. The space is slated to be re-opened by Oakley Industries Sub-Assembly Inc., in July 2007.
Classic 2 Bingo Non-union Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	720 Ouellette Avenue Windsor Windsor West	status: closed closed: 2006	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Derby Community Bingo Hall Non-union Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1279 University Avenue West Windsor Windsor West	status: closed closed: 2006	jobs lost: 40 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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ELS Plastics Manufacturing	Blackacre Drive Oldcastle Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed opened: 1990 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 83 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 66 employed at time of closure
Hollywood Bingo Non-union Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	3975 Wyandotte Street East Windsor Windsor West	status: closed closed: 2006	jobs lost: 100 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Industrialex Manufacturing Canada Ltd CAW Manufacturing	1556 Matthew Brady Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed opened: 1955 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 120 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 195. This plant was originally Riverside Fabricating, but was sold to Industrialex in 2004. Washes, powdercoats and electrocoats various metal parts for the automotive industry. The company, which had accumulated a large amount of debt, asked workers in January 2006 for a 30% pay cut and 40% co-pay on benefits, which the workers rejected. The plant closed 10 days later. 60 people were on layoff at the time of closure.
KUS Canada CAW Manufacturing	475 Oak St East Leamington Chatham-Kent	status: closed opened: 1970 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 170 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 1769. Manufactured pistons for automobiles. 48 people were working at the time of closure, and a new collective agreement was being negotiated.
Lakeshore Performance Marine & Recreation Non-union Retail Trade	930 Old Tecumseh Road Belle River Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed closed: 2006	jobs lost: 14 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Lamb Technicon Manufacturing	222 Eugenie St Windsor Windsor West	status: closed opened: 1962 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 70 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Paesano's Bakery & Deli Retail Trade		status: closed closed: 2006	jobs lost: 18 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Southern Wire Manufacturing	2645 North Talbot Road Oldcastle Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed opened: 1977 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 40 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: has been bleeding employees for 3-4 years prior, so total jobs lost in this period is greater
Fleetwood Metal Industries CAW Manufacturing	Tilbury Chatham-Kent	status: closed opened: 1971 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 126 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: CAW Local 1941; news story said work was moved to Mexico / Alabama; also 15 salaried employees gone
American Apparel Non-union Retail Trade	510 Pelissier Street Windsor Windsor West	status: closed opened: 2007 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 3 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: The store had 3 permanent staff, with more part-timers in summer.
C R Mold Manufacturing	5260 Burke Drive Oldcastle Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed closed: 2006	jobs lost: 20 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Maker of injection plastics. Closed in November 2006.
Enviro-Tech plastics Manufacturing	130 Fort Street Amherstburg Essex	status: closed closed: 2006	jobs lost: 40 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: fire at plant in August 2006; unclear if rebuilt
Active Burgess UAW Manufacturing	980 Old Glass Road Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent	status: closed opened: 1951 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 150 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: According to the company's website, the company was originally Burgess Machine & Tool Ltd., a family-owned and operated business for three generations. Active acquired Burgess in 1977. Burgess originally made zinc and aluminium die cast moulds, but switched to rear lighting moulds in the early 1980s.
Celotto Tool and Die UAW Manufacturing	150 Arnold Street Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent	status: closed closed: 2006	jobs lost: 16 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by UAW Local 251; Division of H.E. Vanatter
Wallaceburg Preferred Partners Non-union Manufacturing	35 Garnet Street Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent	status: open closed: 2006	jobs lost: 250 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: WPP was an assembly plant for International Truck and Engine in Chatham (which is part of Navistar International). 250 of 360 employees were laid off in September 2006.
Waltec Forgings USW Manufacturing	125 Mason Street Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent	status: closed closed: 2006	jobs lost: 300 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Went into receivership in January 2006
YA Canada UAW Administrative and Support	6950 Base Line Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent	status: closed opened: 2003 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 500 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: This was a rebate processing facility; had 350 employees (150 FT, 200 PT) at time of closure annoucement. YA Canada has a similar facility still open in Chatham.
Ontario Engineered Suspensions CAW Manufacturing	201 Marlborough Street Blenheim Chatham-Kent	status: closed opened: 1982 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 162 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 127. Work was moved to Oklahoma after failure to ratify contract; includes 22 salaried staff; voted to decertify with the CAW in early 2006 and join UAW, who negotiated a closure agreement.
St. Clair Technologies UAW Manufacturing	920 Old Glass Road Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent	status: closed opened: 1951 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 300 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by UAW Local 251; indefinite layoffs began in April 2005, with another 100 laid off in August; another 100 were laid off as of mid-2006. The factory finally closed in September 2006.
Impact Tool and Mould Manufacturing	1160 Central Avenue Windsor Windsor West	status: closed closed: 2006	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Ball Packaging Manufacturing	Burlington	status: closed closed: 2006	jobs lost: 300 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Affinia Group Manufacturing	St. Catharines	status: closed closed: 2006	jobs lost: 250 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Newville Candles Manufacturing	Niagara Falls	status: closed closed: 2006	jobs lost: 60 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Post Weller Dry Docks Manufacturing	St. Catharines	status: closed opened: 1946 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 250 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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BF Goodrich USW Manufacturing	131 Goodrich Drive Kitchener	status: closed closed: 2006	jobs lost: 1095 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of tires. Owned by Michelin North America. The company announced in February 2006 its intention to close the plant by July of that year. Production was moved to facilities in Alabama and Indiana. In 2007, the City of Kitchener purchased part of the facility for use as a centre for the City's maintenance work and repairing and storing city vehicles.
Image Craft Inc. Manufacturing	Franklin Boulevard Cambridge	status: closed closed: 2006	jobs lost: 550 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of greeting cards. In 2007, the plant was converted into a rental storage facility.
Imperial Tobacco Manufacturing	107 Woodlawn Road Guelph	status: closed opened: 1959 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 555 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of cigarettes. Imperial Tobacco is a subsidiary of British American Tobacco. The company announced the closure on October 21, 2005. Production was shifted to Monterrey, Mexico due to "global shifts in smoking trends". Others cited the fact that Mexican workers would be making 1/6 of the wage paid to Canadian workers.
Easy Heat Ltd. Manufacturing	440 Phillip Street Waterloo	status: closed closed: 2006	jobs lost: 60 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of electrical products, including heating cable, pipe heating and in-line heaters. The Waterloo facility's production was tranferred to Mexico in April 2006.
Zettel Manufacturing CAW Manufacturing	170 Borden Ave South Kitchener	status: closed opened: 1949 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 60 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 1524. Manufacturer of metal stamping and welding components for the automotive industry.
VSA LLC Manufacturing	1351 Strasburg Kitchener	status: closed opened: 2000 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 150 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of stamped metal parts for the automotive industry. Owned by Viking Industries
Spartan Plastics Non-union Manufacturing	825 Bradley Avenue London	status: closed opened: 1984 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 90 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of plastic auto parts.
Autocam Corp Manufacturing	Kitchener	status: closed opened: 1988 closed: 2006	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 230 potential layoffs: 0
details: Formerly ATS Automation Tooling Systems.
Anderdon Harbour Light Tavern Accommodation and Food Services	631 Front Road North Amherstburg Essex	status: closed closed: 2005	jobs lost: 25 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Bingo Country Non-union Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	1699 Northway Avenue Windsor Windsor West	status: closed closed: 2005	jobs lost: 24 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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General Chemical CAW Manufacturing	381 Front Rd North Amherstburg Essex	status: closed opened: 1918 closed: 2005	jobs lost: 345 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 89; soda ash, calcium chloride; high point of employment was 1000, in 1948
Krispy Kreme Non-union Accommodation and Food Services	Howard Avenue Windsor Windsor West	status: closed closed: 2005	jobs lost: 32 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Nexen Chemical Manufacturing	Amherstburg Essex	status: closed closed: 2005	jobs lost: 25 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Pegasus Plastics Manufacturing	2862 Kew Drive Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed closed: 2005	jobs lost: 10 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Regal Retail Trade		status: closed closed: 2005	jobs lost: 12 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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K.S. Centoco CAW Manufacturing	26 Industrial Park Road Tilbury Chatham-Kent	status: closed opened: 1980 closed: 2005	jobs lost: 100 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 1941; owned by Toldo (major local entrepreneur and philantropist)
Pegasus Plastics CAW Manufacturing	2862 Kew Drive Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed opened: 1995 closed: 2005	jobs lost: 10 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 195. Pegasus Plastics bought up much of the production equipment of Windsor Plastics when it closed in late 1994, and reopened in the same facility.
Rheem Canada Manufacturing	128 Barton Street Hamilton Hamilton Centre	status: closed closed: 2005	jobs lost: 150 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Tiercon Industries Manufacturing	Hamilton	status: closed closed: 2005	jobs lost: 400 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Alcom Manufacturing	Port Colborne	status: closed closed: 2005	jobs lost: 70 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Ferranti Packard Manufacturing	St. Catharines	status: closed closed: 2005	jobs lost: 275 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Bazaar & Novelty Manufacturing	St. Catharines	status: closed closed: 2005	jobs lost: 200 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Stelpipe Manufacturing	Welland	status: closed closed: 2005	jobs lost: 400 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
ConAgra Manufacturing	Niagara Falls	status: closed closed: 2005	jobs lost: 224 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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La-Z-Boy Canada Manufacturing	Waterloo	status: closed closed: 2005	jobs lost: 446 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of recliners and reclining sofas. The Michigan-based company announced on September 21, 2005 its intent to close their only Canadian manufacturing facility by December 2005, with production moving to Missouri and Tennessee.
Oxford Automotive Manufacturing	1574 Eagle Street Cambridge	status: closed closed: 2005	jobs lost: 240 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Tiger Brand Knitting USW Manufacturing	Cambridge	status: closed closed: 2005	jobs lost: 314 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by USW Local 862. Originally the Galt Knitting Company, which manufactured knitted underwear, eiderdowns shoe linings and knitted specialties. Since 1954, the company adopted the Tiger Brand name and manufactured fashion sportswear. The company entered bankruptcy protection in September 2004. In 2005, the company was sold to New York investor Ken Lazar, who closed the plant and sourced clothes with the Tiger Brand label from China. The building was converted into lofts and has been used for housing since April 2008.
Ventratech Ltd. CAW Manufacturing	1 Mitten Court Cambridge	status: closed opened: 1986 closed: 2005	jobs lost: 150 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 1986. Manufacturer of stamped auto parts. Originally Kenmit Industries, the company was sold to Ventratech in 1990, which later became a division on Flex-N-Gate. The closure was announced on March 4, 2005, and workers subseqeuently occupied the plant for five days and won an improved severance and closure package.
Emerald Graphics CAW Manufacturing	London (Lambeth)	status: closed closed: 2005	jobs lost: 100 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: The company paints and puts graphic symbols on small interior automotive parts that are illuminated, such as switches. It's headquartered in Wisconsin and has another plant in Michigan. The Ontario plant, which is located near London, is slated to close sometime this summer.
Metal Technologies Manufacturing	Woodstock, ON	status: closed opened: 1904 closed: 2005	jobs lost: 160 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: The product line at this operation was mainly farming equipment; in 1904 the focus was on potato and corn planters while in 1907 it was on Horse drawn machines, hand seeders and cultivators, broadcast seeders, hay and stack pucks, hand and compressed air sprayers, Churns, plumbing supplies, and lawn mowers. In 1928 the product line was again updated to include boiler stands, sink brackets, Iron Stone Boat Fronts, and custom castings (Available in gray iron, aluminum, or semi-steel). In 1953 it changed its name from the Eureka Planter Company Limited to the Eureka Foundry and Manufacturing Company. They also shifted their production focus from farm materials to pump motors and washing machine parts. Metal Technologies purchased the �Eureka Foundry Corporation� in 2001 with the help of Kelsey-Hayes Canada Ltd. The foundry was renamed Metal Technologies Woodstock Ltd. and later renamed again to Metal Technologies Woodstock Gray Iron Plant. The company closed the Woodstock foundry in December 2005.
Flag Fire Equipment Teamsters Manufacturing	County Road 22 / Patillo Road Tecumseh Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed opened: 1960 closed: 2004	jobs lost: 120 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Fire extinguisher plant. Closure came weeks after a vote to unionize with Teamsters Local 880. The work was tranferred to plants in Wisconsin and Germany. In 2001, Flag was purchased by Ansul Incorporated, a subsidiary of Tyco International, whose executives were being investigated for fraud.
Salvation Army Grace Hospital Health Care and Social Assistance	339 Crawford Avenue Windsor Windsor West	status: closed closed: 2004	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: The Grace Hospital merged with Hotel Dieu in 2004; need to determine if there was net job loss in this merger
Kardam Manufacturing Manufacturing	2090 North Talbot Road Oldcastle Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed closed: 2004	jobs lost: 58 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: In 2003, Kardam was fined $850,000 by the Ontario Ministry of Labour for health and safety violations (after a worker's hand was crushed in a press); the Minstry found there were systematic problems with health and safety conditions in the plant. According to CAW Local 195, peak employment was 58, and 44 were working at the time of closure.
Oxford Automotive UAW Manufacturing	100 Mason Street Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent	status: closed closed: 2004	jobs lost: 620 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by UAW Local 251. This factory used to be Eaton Yale, but was sold to Oxford Automotive in April 1998. The company declared bankruptcy in September 2004, and 320 workers were on lay off at the time.
Camco CAW Manufacturing	175 Longwood Avenue Hamilton Hamilton Centre	status: closed opened: 1914 closed: 2004	jobs lost: 800 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 504. Manufactured electric ranges and refrigerators (although it also produced military equipment during the Second World War). At its peak, the Hamilton plant employed 1500 workers in 1984, although only 800 were employed at the time of closure. The company announced the closure in December 2003, and the last appliance was manufactured on November 18, 2004.
Maax Spas Manufacturing	Beamsville	status: closed closed: 2004	jobs lost: 74 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Collins & Aikman Plastics Manufacturing	291 Griffith Road Stratford	status: closed closed: 2004	jobs lost: 360 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by USW Local Manufacturer of injection mouldings.
Bauer Nike Hockey Inc. Manufacturing	Cambridge	status: closed opened: 1905 closed: 2004	jobs lost: 137 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of hockey sticks and other equipment. Originally Hespeler Wood Specialities, the hockey stick manufacturer has passed through many hands. It was purchased by the Seagram family in the 1930s, Cooper in 1972, and later Bauer, which itself was bought by Nike in 1994. The closure was announced in October 2003. A group of managers and employees successfully bought the production equipment from BNHI and has been manufacturing hockey sticks under the name Heritage Wood Specialities since 2004, employing 15 people.
Dart Machine Manufacturing	1580 Rossi Drive Oldcastle Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed closed: 2003	jobs lost: 44 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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DCX Pillette Road Assembly CAW Manufacturing	Pillette Road Windsor Windsor West	status: closed opened: 1976 closed: 2003	jobs lost: 4239 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 525 workers took early retirement from both Pillette and WAP in May 2003; 300-400 net workers gone for sure; Dodge Ram cargo and passenger vans; peak year 1985 w/ 2000 on two shifts; down to 1000 before closure
IPL Prelude Manufacturing	6135 Morton Industrial Parkway Lasalle Essex	status: closed closed: 2003	jobs lost: 150 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: automotive moulded plastics; 62 (118 peak)
Kendan Manufacturing CAW Manufacturing	777 Division Road Windsor Windsor West	status: closed opened: 1946 closed: 2003	jobs lost: 230 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 195. Maker of engine parts for Caterpillar. Peak employment was about 230 people, although numbers sometimes fluctuated by to 300. Layoffs began in 1999, and about 80 workers were employed at the time of closure.
McLaren Performance Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 2003	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: merged with Linamar and closed Windsor facility
Levi Strauss Manufacturing	Hamilton	status: closed closed: 2003	jobs lost: 460 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Fleet Industries Manufacturing	Fort Erie	status: closed closed: 2003	jobs lost: 350 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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General Motors - Delphi CAW Manufacturing	St. Catharines	status: closed closed: 2003	jobs lost: 400 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Welland Pipe Manufacturing	Welland	status: closed closed: 2003	jobs lost: 177 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Ronal Canada Manufacturing	Stevensville	status: closed: 2003	jobs lost: 160 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Washington Mills Manufacturing	Thorold	status: closed closed: 2003	jobs lost: 25 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Atlas Steel 10-1 Mill Manufacturing	Welland	status: closed closed: 2003	jobs lost: 200 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Atlas Specialty Steel Manufacturing	Welland	status: closed closed: 2003	jobs lost: 630 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Saint Gobain Technical Fabrics Manufacturing	St. Catharines	status: closed closed: 2003	jobs lost: 35 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Center Tool and Mold CAW Manufacturing	2466 Central Ave Windsor Windsor West	status: closed closed: 2002	jobs lost: 27 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: peak employment was 27; 1 employed at time of closure
Edgewind Sales CAW Manufacturing	1130 Front Road North Amherstburg Essex	status: closed closed: 2002	jobs lost: 32 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: peak employment was 32; 15 employed at time of closure
Star Metal Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 2002	jobs lost: 150 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: peak employment was 150; 88 employed at time of closure; plant occupation here in the middle of a lock-out in 2001
Vilo Systems Manufacturing	1106 Laramie St Tecumseh Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed closed: 2002	jobs lost: 35 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Frost Fence Manufacturing	Hamilton	status: closed closed: 2002	jobs lost: 112 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
General Drop Forge Manufacturing	Welland	status: closed closed: 2002	jobs lost: 85 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Swagelok Canada Manufacturing	Niagara Falls	status: closed closed: 2002	jobs lost: 88 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Zippo Manufacturing Manufacturing	Niagara Falls	status: closed closed: 2002	jobs lost: 22 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Cunningham Foundry Manufacturing	St. Catharines	status: closed closed: 2002	jobs lost: 70 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
American Axle Manufacturing	St. Catharines	status: closed closed: 2002	jobs lost: 340 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Domtar Manufacturing	St. Catharines	status: closed closed: 2002	jobs lost: 210 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Acadia Polymers CAW Manufacturing	1900 Blackacre Dr Tecumseh Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed closed: 2001	jobs lost: 120 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 195. Maker of transmission lip seals. 68 people working at time of closure. News of the closure came as a surprise to workers, who engaged in a spontaneous car blockade to prevent machinery from being removed from the plant. The closure occured before a scheduled wage increase was to take effect. According to the Windsor Star, the workforce was made up mostly of Polish immigrants in their first Canadian jobs.
Dura Automotive KP Manufacturing	3950 Malden Road Windsor Windsor West	status: closed closed: 2001	jobs lost: 10 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Excello Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 2001	jobs lost: 72 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 13 working at time of closure; 110 in 1997
Hull-Thomson Manufacturing	3315 Deven Drive Windsor Windsor West	status: closed closed: 2001	jobs lost: 17 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 1 working at time of closure; went on strike in 1997; supplied dust shield and windshield molding to GM
Reid Industries Manufacturing	1701 Shepherd Street East Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed closed: 2001	jobs lost: 21 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 3 working at time of closure; packaging plant
Olsonite CAW Manufacturing	Tilbury Chatham-Kent	status: closed closed: 2001	jobs lost: 31 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 1941
Ball Packaging Manufacturing	Hamilton	status: closed closed: 2001	jobs lost: 110 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Dominion Castings Manufacturing	100 Depew Street Hamilton Hamilton Centre	status: closed closed: 2001	jobs lost: 400 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: The Dominion Foundry was a core part of the original Dofasco. In the late 1990s, it employed 1000 people.
CYRO Industries Manufacturing	Niagara Falls	status: closed closed: 2001	jobs lost: 67 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of acrylic molding compounds and acrylic sheet. The company announced the closure of the Niagara Falls plant in April 2001 and the transfer of that work to plants in Arkansas and Maine.
E.S. Fox Manufacturing	Kent Avenue Niagara Falls	status: closed closed: 2001	jobs lost: 60 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Irvin Industries	Fort Erie	status: closed closed: 2001	jobs lost: 150 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Fantom Technologies Manufacturing	Welland	status: closed closed: 2001	jobs lost: 365 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Taylor and Bate Brewery Manufacturing	St. Catharines	status: closed closed: 2001	jobs lost: 7 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Ambassador Metal Manufacturing	1931 Ambassador Dr	status: closed closed: 2000	jobs lost: 40 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 27 working at time of closure
Gallaher Thorold Paper Co. CEP Manufacturing	67 Front St North Thorold	status: closed opened: 1902 closed: 2000	jobs lost: 310 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CEP Local 290. Manufacturer of coated-one-side specialty packaging paper, wall covering, latex saturated papers, and envelope papers. The paper mill had been part of the Thorold community for over 100 years and employed 1200 people at its peak. It was purchased by U.S. businessman Michael Gallaher in 1997. The company suddenly declared bankruptcy in May 1999, with $70m in debt. Workers occupied the mill for 26 days in October 1999 in an attempt to force the receiver to find a buyer who would run the plant rather than liquidate it. CEP attempted to purchase the mill themselves, but was unsuccessful and the mill's assets were liquidated in late 2000. Subsequently, the Book Depot, a company specializing in remaindered books, moved into the mill and employed approximately 200 people.
BFW Assemblies CAW Manufacturing	2520 Campbell Avenue Windsor Windsor West	status: closed closed: 1999	jobs lost: 9 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Dura Automotive CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1999	jobs lost: 98 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 45 working at time of closure
Tecumseh Metal #4 CAW Manufacturing	Tecumseh Road East Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed closed: 1999	jobs lost: 190 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Libbey St. Clair Glass Manufacturing	Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent	status: closed closed: 1999	jobs lost: 560 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Maker of drinking glasses. Work from this plant was moved to plants in the US and Mexico.
Proctor and Gamble Manufacturing	Burlington Street Hamilton	status: closed opened: 1915 closed: 1999	jobs lost: 195 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: In 1964, Proctor and Gamble employed just under 1000 people at the Hamilton plant.
Case Canada Manufacturing	Hamilton	status: closed closed: 1999	jobs lost: 200 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Electroline Manufacturing CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1998	jobs lost: 41 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
N&D Supermarket CAW Retail Trade		status: closed closed: 1998	jobs lost: 209 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 52 working at time of closure
Phoenix Powder Coating CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1998	jobs lost: 42 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Ramada Inn CAW Accommodation and Food Services		status: closed closed: 1998	jobs lost: 54 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Tecumseh Metal #3 CAW Manufacturing	Tecumseh Road East Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed closed: 1998	jobs lost: 62 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 13 working at time of closure
Tooling Technology CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1998	jobs lost: 37 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 15 working at time of closure
Trimplas 2 CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1998	jobs lost: 53 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 33 working at time of closure
Your Choice Shuttle CAW Transportation and Warehousing		status: closed closed: 1998	jobs lost: 81 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 12 working at time of closure
Marke Associates CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1997	jobs lost: 9 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Siemens Chatham Manufacturing	Chatham Chatham-Kent	status: closed closed: 1997	jobs lost: 100 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 100 of 130 jobs moved from Chatham to Mexico
Consumers Glass Manufacturing	Chapple Street Hamilton Hamilton Centre	status: closed opened: 1914 closed: 1997	jobs lost: 400 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Known as Dominion Glass since 1912, the company merged with Consumer Packaging in 1988 to form Consumers Glass. The plant employed 1300 people in 1974.
R.P. Scherer CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1996	jobs lost: 50 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 1 working at time of closure
WBF Technologies CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1996	jobs lost: 6 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Wexford Steel Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1996	jobs lost: 40 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 26 working at time of closure
H.J. Heinz UAW Manufacturing	Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent	status: closed closed: 1996	jobs lost: 190 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by UAW Local 251. Maker of canned beans and pasta under Nestle's "Libby" brand. This plant was bought by Nestle's main competitor, Heinz, in November 1996. The next day, Heinz announced its intention to close the factory by March 1997. 190 workers were employed at the time, and accounted for 5% of Wallaceburg's municipal tax base. About 50 jobs were transferred to Heinz's Leamington plant, although laid off members of the UFCW Local 459 had first claim to these positions. Those jobs not filled by Leamington workers were to be offered to anyone from the Wallaceburg plant willing to relocate.
General Motors Foundry CAW Manufacturing	St. Catharines	status: closed opened: 1901 closed: 1996	jobs lost: 2300 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 199.
Highway Stamping CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1995	jobs lost: 150 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 70 working at time of closure
Tecumseh Metal CAW Manufacturing	Tecumseh Road East Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed closed: 1995	jobs lost: 80 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 6 working at time of closure
Tri-County Tube CAW Manufacturing	176 Oak Street Bothwell Chatham-Kent	status: closed closed: 1995	jobs lost: 80 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 580
Windsor Plastics CAW Manufacturing	Kew Drive Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed closed: 1994	jobs lost: 474 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 450 hourly workers represented by CAW Local 195. In the fall of 1994, this plant had announced its intentions to lay off workers as a dowsizing measure. However, on December 23, 1994, the company declared bankruptcy and closed its doors without warning. According to a 1996 submission to a Legislative Assembly of Ontario hearing on employment standards reform, workers were left being owed their regular pay, overtime pay, and severance pay, which took several years to secure.
Complax CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1993	jobs lost: 50 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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ITT Merit CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1993	jobs lost: 16 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Perfection Auto CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1993	jobs lost: 1 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
North American Plastics UAW Manufacturing	Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent	status: closed closed: 1993	jobs lost: 600 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by UAW Local 251. This factory accounted for 10% of Wallaceburg's municipal tax base. Protests in 1991 over the closure (and its effect on workers' pensions) involved people chaining themselves to security cameras in front of the National Bank of Detroit, who was holding the company's money for other unsecured creditors.
Binder Tool and Mold CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1992	jobs lost: 22 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Border Tool CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1992	jobs lost: 7 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Budd Heat Treat CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1992	jobs lost: 10 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Champion Spark Plug CAW Manufacturing	Lauzon Road Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed closed: 1992	jobs lost: 170 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Paragon CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1992	jobs lost: 60 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Howitt Pontiac CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1991	jobs lost: 16 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Industrial Parts Coaters CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1991	jobs lost: 30 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
W.G. Castings CAW Manufacturing	Dresden Chatham-Kent	status: closed closed: 1991	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
National Hardware Specialties CAW Manufacturing	Dresden Chatham-Kent	status: closed opened: 1954 closed: 1991	jobs lost: 53 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: About 200 workers were employed at this plant, plus W.G. Castings and Kardinal Coatings; all were bought by The Fortier Group in 1989.
Brant Castings CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1990	jobs lost: 115 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Coulter Radiator CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1990	jobs lost: 30 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Fruehauf Canada CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1990	jobs lost: 8 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
International Playing Cards CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1990	jobs lost: 30 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: November 1993: 3 people working
International Robotics CAW Manufacturing	Ambassador Drive Windsor Windsor West	status: closed closed: 1990	jobs lost: 15 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Kelsey Hayes CAW Manufacturing		status: closed opened: 1913 closed: 1990	jobs lost: 800 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 300 working at time of closure
Newcor Canada CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1990	jobs lost: 30 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Seminole Manufacturing CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1990	jobs lost: 30 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Welles Corporation CAW Manufacturing	Drouillard / Marentette Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: closed opened: 1925 closed: 1990	jobs lost: 180 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Wickes Windsor Bumper CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1990	jobs lost: 450 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: 200 working at time of closure
Windsor Machine CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1990	jobs lost: 40 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Reflex Manufacturing CAW Manufacturing	Ambassador Drive Windsor Windsor West	status: closed closed: 1990	jobs lost: 86 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 89; was originally owned by ITL Industries, then sold to the Ventra Group; mostly female workforce
Advanced Gibson CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1989	jobs lost: 30 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Charles Laue CAW Manufacturing	Windsor	status: closed closed: 1989	jobs lost: 20 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Dominion Forge CAW Manufacturing	Seminole Street Windsor Windsor West	status: closed opened: 1910 closed: 1989	jobs lost: 750 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Dominion once employed 900 people, but only 325 were employed at time of closure
Websters CAW Manufacturing		status: closed opened: 1986 closed: 1988	jobs lost: 56 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Firestone URW Manufacturing	Burlington Street and Kenilworth Avenue Hamilton Hamilton East-Stoney Creek	status: closed opened: 1922 closed: 1988	jobs lost: 1300 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by United Rubber Workers Local 113. The plant employed 1800 workers in 1964.
Jaloy Manufacturing CAW Manufacturing		status: closed opened: 1986 closed: 1987	jobs lost: 13 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Sheller Globe CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1987	jobs lost: 200 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Somerville CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1987	jobs lost: 30 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
ITL Industries Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1987	jobs lost: 180 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Otis Elevator USW Manufacturing	Victoria and Ferrie Hamilton Hamilton Centre	status: closed opened: 1902 closed: 1987	jobs lost: 230 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by Steelworkers' Local 7062. In 1954, Otis Elevator employed 950 workers, which had been reduced to 230 at the time of closure in 1987.
Controlled Systems CAW Manufacturing		status: closed closed: 1986	jobs lost: 11 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Inglis Manufacturing	Hamilton Hamilton East-Stoney Creek	status: closed opened: 1967 closed: 1986	jobs lost: 700 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details:
Autoliv CAW Manufacturing	351 Queen Street North Tilbury Chatham-Kent	status: open	jobs lost: 400 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: CAW Local 1941; certified in 2006 after 5-year campaign, with 600 workers; had nearly 700 workers in 2005; 300 (cutting and assembly) of 600 jobs moved to Mexico in Fall 2005; 200 workers on temporary lay-off in early 2006
A.G. Simpson CAW Manufacturing	275 Eugenie Street East Windsor Windsor West	status: open opened: 1974	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 25 potential layoffs: 0
details: now AGS Automotive Systems; 110 employees, according to company website
Aradco Management CAW Manufacturing	452 Charles Street Windsor Windsor West	status: closed	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 80 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 195. Maker of automotive stampings for Chrysler. The company announced an indefinite layoff on March 9, 2009. Workers are currently blockading the plant to prevent machinery from being taken out of the plant.
Brentwood Recovery Home Health Care and Social Assistance	2335 Dougall Avenue Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 11 potential layoffs: 0
details: Provides a residential treatment programme for those with substance abuse problems. Significant financial support comes from charitable donations from labour organizations and the United Way. Layoffs (as well as cuts to beds) were made in response to a financial crisis in mid-2006 related to declining donations. CUPE Locals 543 and 62 challenged the Windsor City Council to match their donation to Brentwood in January 2007, but the Council declined. In February 2007, one laid off counsellor and five long-term care beds were returned due to a successful lottery fundraiser.
Butcher Engineering CAW Manufacturing	2755 Lauzon Parkway Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open opened: 1943	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 135 potential layoffs: 0
details: indefinite layoff as of March 2006
Canadian Engineering and Tool Ltd. CAW Manufacturing	2265 South Cameron Boulevard Windsor Windsor West	status: open opened: 1922	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 35 potential layoffs: 0
details: metal stamping dies
Casino Windsor CAW Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	377 Riverside Drive East Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 329 potential layoffs: 0
details: unclear if these lay-offs are temporary or permanent; Service Canada says 250 layoffs permanent
Chromeshield CAW Manufacturing	804 McDougall Windsor Windsor West	status: open opened: 1998	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 40 potential layoffs: 0
details: part of Flex-N-Gate
DCX Security CAW Administrative and Support	Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 3 potential layoffs: 0
details:
City of Windsor CUPE Public Administration	185 Wyandotte Street East Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 170 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 28
details: Up to 2007, 170 jobs have been eliminated through attrition. In early May 2007, the City announced that 28 positions (between CUPE Locals 543 and 82, and management) would be eliminated. To date,no person has been laid off.
DCX Office Workers CAW Management of Companies and Enterprises	1 Riverside Drive West Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 50
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DCX Windsor Assembly Plant CAW Manufacturing	Windsor Windsor West	status: open opened: 1928	jobs lost: 2100 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 1200
details: Represented by CAW Local 444. Employment reached 6059 in 2000, but had been reduced to 5100 in 2006. In 2007, an additional 1300 jobs were eliminated, 320 through junior buyouts and 660 through early retirements. Although an exact number is difficult to determine, approximately 2100 jobs have been eliminated since 2000. On March 5, 2009,Chrysler announced its intention to cut the third shift, eliminating 1200 more jobs. About 3200 jobs will remain in June 2009.
Diageo Manufacturing	110 St. Arnaud Street Amherstburg Essex	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 150 potential layoffs: 0
details: threatening to outsource work
ER St. Dennis CAW Manufacturing	5290 Pullyblank Road Oldcastle Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open	jobs lost: 25 layoffs: 9 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 195. The tool and die shop makes automotive parts. The Valiant Group acquired ER St. Dennis in 1999, but by August 2006 felt there was no longer "a future in the business". In September 2006, Valiant was reported to be investing heavily in robotics.
Falcon Tool and Die CAW Manufacturing	3238 Marentette Avenue Windsor Windsor West	status: open opened: 1979	jobs lost: 56 layoffs: 18 potential layoffs: 7
details: Represented by CAW Local 195. The plant is part of the NARMCO group of companies which consists of Central Stampings, National Auto Radiator, Prince Metal Products, Canadian Electrocoating Ltd., and others located in Ontario and the US. At one point, the plant employed 100 workers. Several years ago, the NARMCO group opened a facility in Alabama in response to large incentives provided by the state government. After this, work from the Windsor shop began to be shipped there. In the last year and a half, 11 people have taken buyout packages and 18 remain on long-term layoff with recall rights. As of June 8, 2007, another 7 workers will be laid off, leaving only 19 people, working one shift.
Federal-Mogul Corp CAW Manufacturing	6845 Hawthorn Drive Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open	jobs lost: 20 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Maker of headlights and windshield wipers. The US company has been in receivership, laying off people in US, but not clear if did here
Flex-N-Gate CAW Manufacturing	538 Blanchard Park Tecumseh Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 195 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 195. Service Canada reported that 100 employees were put on indefinite layoff in late 2006.
G.W. Anglin CAW Manufacturing	220 Patillo Road Tecumseh Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open opened: 1966	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 21 potential layoffs: 0
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Hilton Windsor CAW Accommodation and Food Services	277 Riverside Drive West Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 12 potential layoffs: 0
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Hiram Walker Manufacturing	Riverside Drive Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 25 potential layoffs: 0
details: One of the founding companies of Windsor, and makers of Canadian Club.
JFJ Mold CAW Manufacturing	3145 North Talbot Road Oldcastle Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 4 potential layoffs: 0
details: Maker of plastic injection moulding
Kasle Steel CAW Manufacturing		status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 8 potential layoffs: 0
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Kautex Textron CAW Manufacturing	2701 Kautex Drive Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 130 potential layoffs: 0
details: Maker of plastic gas tanks
Lakeside Plastics CAW Manufacturing	3786 North Talbot Road Oldcastle Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 49 potential layoffs: 0
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Lanex Manufacturing CAW Manufacturing	5000 Walker Road Oldcastle Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 5 potential layoffs: 0
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Lear Corporation CAW Manufacturing	1600 Lauzon Road Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open	jobs lost: 2350 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 1973. Lear used to be the GM Trim plant. When it was spun off, there was an assurance that jobs levels and working conditions would be maintained at the level achieved while a GM plant. Since peak employment of 2600 (in the mid-1980s), the total workforce at Lear has been reduced to approximately 250 workers.
Nickleson Tool CAW Manufacturing		status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 2 potential layoffs: 0
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Northridge Plastics CAW Manufacturing		status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 3 potential layoffs: 0
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P.M. Plastics CAW Manufacturing		status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 1 potential layoffs: 0
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Performance Ford CAW Retail Trade	1150 Provincial Road Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 4 potential layoffs: 0
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Peterson Spring CAW Manufacturing	2995 Deziel Drive Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 6 potential layoffs: 0
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Pinnacle Chrysler #1 CAW Retail Trade	2300 Tecumseh Road East Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 4 potential layoffs: 0
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Pinnacle Chrysler #2 CAW Retail Trade	2300 Tecumseh Road East Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 1 potential layoffs: 0
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Precision Group CAW Manufacturing	Deziel Drive; St Etienne Windsor Windsor West	status: open opened: 1989	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 110 potential layoffs: 0
details: in receivership; includes Precision Advanced Manufacturing; Precision Fixture and Gauge; Precision Tool and Die; fixtures, gauges, prototype tools and welding fixtures as well as blank, draw and progressive dies; conflicting info on this one
Provincial Chrysler CAW Retail Trade	1001 Provincial Road Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 2 potential layoffs: 0
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Rose City Ford CAW Retail Trade	6333 Tecumseh Road East Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 13 potential layoffs: 0
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Ryder Logistics CAW Manufacturing	5044 Walker Road Oldcastle Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 1 potential layoffs: 0
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Siemens VDO Automotive CAW Manufacturing	2775 St. Etienne Boulevard Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 190 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 195.
Martinrea Fabco Metallic Canada CAW Manufacturing	850 Division Road Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 160 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 195. This plant was owned by ThyssenKrupp until October 2006, when it was sold to Martinrea International. In May 2007, laid off workers were told they would have one week to decide to take a buy-out of two weeks' pay for every year worked (after which the severance would fall to the legal minimum of one week per year worked).
Tilbury Concrete CAW Manufacturing	3440 Marentette Avenue Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 8 potential layoffs: 0
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TitanTool and Die CAW Manufacturing	2801 Howard Avenue Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 55 potential layoffs: 0
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Travelodge CAW Accommodation and Food Services		status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 2 potential layoffs: 0
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Veltri Canada Howard CAW Manufacturing	1425 Howard Avenue Windsor Windsor West	status: open opened: 1996	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 195. Veltri was in bankruptcy protection in 2001 and 2004, and has been a subsidiary of Flex-N-Gate since 2004.
Ventra Plastics CAW Manufacturing	2800 Kew Drive Windsor Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 61 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 195. A subsidiary of Flex-N-Gate.
Windsor Match Plate CAW Manufacturing	4670 North Service Road East Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 62 potential layoffs: 0
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Windsor Raceway CAW Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	5555 Ojibway Parkway Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 38 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: In 2005, jobs were eliminated when the restaurant on casino side of the raceway was closed.
Windsor Star CAW Information and Cultural Industries	167 Ferry Street Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 29 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: In April 2007, customer service call centre workers were laid off as the Star's parent company, CanWest, opted to centralize customer services in Winnipeg. Workers were part-timers represented by CAW Local 240.
Youth and Family Resource Network of Essex County Health Care and Social Assistance	various Windsor	status: open	jobs lost: 13 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Runs youth centres and provides programmes on alcohol and drug addiction for youth in Harrow, Kingsville, and Cottam. In January 2007, half of the 21 programmes were cut at the same time as the job reductions, and the Harrow centre is in danger of being closed altogether.
Johnson Controls CAW Manufacturing	477 Jutras Drive Lakeshore Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 80 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 444. The plant was slated to be closed in May 2006, but was saved by an agreement between the company and the union. A collective agreement had been finalized only weeks before the company announced in February 2007 its intention to eliminate 80 of the 180 jobs at the plant.
Molds Are Us Inc. Manufacturing	6120 Morton Industrial Drive Lasalle Essex	status:	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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QWR Ltd. CAW Manufacturing	1775 Sylvestre Drive Tecumseh Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open	jobs lost: 50 layoffs: 38 potential layoffs: 0
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Standard Induction Castings CAW Manufacturing	3827 Peter Street Windsor Windsor West	status: open opened: 1965	jobs lost: 60 layoffs: 22 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 195. The plant, which is owned by Linamar, is slated to close at the end of June 2007, putting 60 people out of work. In the early 1990s, around 90 people worked in the plant.
Atkinson Re-Work CAW Manufacturing	37 Mill Street West Tilbury Chatham-Kent	status: closed	jobs lost: 22 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 1941
Waltec Components USW Manufacturing	Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent	status: closed	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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ArvinMeritor CAW Manufacturing	28 Mill Street West Tilbury Chatham-Kent	status: open opened: 1959	jobs lost: 90 layoffs: 140 potential layoffs: 100
details: Represented by CAW Local 1941. Manufactures brakes for trucks. Originally Rockwell-Standard. In 2005, the company announced it was moving 75 of 330 jobs from Tilbury to Kentucky and South Carolina. In 2006, jobs were moved back following a 10-day lockout. The new collective agreement also reduced layoffs through voluntary buyouts and retirements. On May 2, 2007, ArvinMeritor announced the closure of 13 plants worldwide, resulting in 2,400 job cuts, but no details were given on the Tilbury plant's fate at that time. In January 2009, the company announced that, unless it received contract concessions from the union, it would close the plant in June 2009, laying off the 100 remaining hourly workers (140 were already on layoff at the time). On February 25, 2009, the company announced that, despite the concessions from the union, they would still close the plant in June 2009.
Super Machine and Tool UAW Manufacturing	Chatham-Kent	status: closed	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Sass Manufacturing CAW Manufacturing	Chatham-Kent	status: closed	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 127
AWK Industrial Coatings CAW Manufacturing	41 Sass Side Road, RR#4 Chatham Chatham-Kent	status: closed	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 127
Wabtec Foundry Manufacturing	40 Mason Street Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent	status: open	jobs lost: 200 layoffs: 70 potential layoffs: 0
details: This factory once had 400 workers.
University of Windsor CAW Educational Services	401 Sunset Avenue Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 100 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Clerical staff numbers have been reduced by 100 through attrition; represented by CAW Local 2858
Chatham Plastics CAW Manufacturing	Chatham-Kent	status: closed	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 127
Luster Corporation UAW Manufacturing	Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent	status: closed	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Oxford Automotive CAW Manufacturing	Chatham Chatham-Kent	status: closed	jobs lost: 429 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 127. This factory used to be Eaton Yale, but was sold to Oxford Automotive in April 1998. The company declared bankruptcy in September 2004. 325 workers were on layoff (since 2002) at the time of closure.
Southwest Regional Centre Health Care and Social Assistance		status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 450
details: Institution for persons with developmental disabilities; the provincial government announced that the facility will close by 2009.
Dover Products CAW Manufacturing	Chatham-Kent	status: closed	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 127
International Truck and Engine / Navistar CAW Manufacturing	508 Richmond Street Chatham Chatham-Kent	status: open opened: 1980	jobs lost: 1600 layoffs: 700 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 127. This plant was originally part of International Harvester (est. 1910), but became Navistar in 1986. The Navistar workforce was once up to 2500, in 1999. In 2000, between 800-1300 jobs were cut. In December 2006, a further 700 workers were laid off, leaving about 200 working in 2007. Since 1999, then, a total of 1600 jobs have been permanently removed from the plant.
Libby Container Manufacturing	Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent	status: closed	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Greater Essex County District School Board OSSTF Educational Services	451 Park Street West Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 48 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: The board administration recommended in late May 2007 that 29 Early Childhood Educators (ECEs), who work in Junior Kindergarden and are represented by OSSTF, be eliminated. The rationale given was a projected budget shortfall for 2007-2008. Educational assistants' jobs may be affected as ECEs bump into that bargaining unit. This number will add to the 10 child and youth workers whose jobs were eliminated in 2006-07. Rallies were held on June 7 and 11, 2007, the latter at the School Board meeting called to vote on the budget. In a 5-4 vote, trustees voted to eliminate 29 ECEs, 1 design and technology teacher, 2.7 school secretaries and 13 elementary teaching jobs (through attrition).
Veltri Canada Lakeshore CAW Manufacturing	409 Patillo Road Tecumseh Windsor-Tecumseh	status: open opened: 2004	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 101 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 195. Veltri was in bankruptcy protection in 2001 and 2004, and has been a subsidiary of Flex-N-Gate since 2004. A correspondent wrote that in late May, 2007, the Veltri plant on Patillo Road laid off 100 people, including her husband. This story does not seem to have made it to the pages of the Windsor Star yet.
Qualicaps UFCW Manufacturing	Devon Road Windsor Windsor West	status: open	jobs lost: 83 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by UFCW Locals 175 and 663. Pharmaceutical manufacture, making gelatin capsules. Qualicaps bought Pharmaphil in 2007. The company announced in February 2007 that the plant will be closed by June 2008, and that some employees would be offered positions in North Carolina.
Coppley Apparel Group UNITE-HERE Manufacturing	56 York Boulevard Hamilton Hamilton Centre	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 93 potential layoffs: 0
details: Maker of high end men's suits. In 2007, Coppley hired 200 people, but announced in September 2008 that would lay off 93 unionized and salaried workers, leaving between 300-400 people still employed. Salaried staff have also had their wages rolled back.
Scrapmen Waste Management and Remediation Services	190 Ottawa Street North Hamilton Hamilton Centre	status: open opened: 2006	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 15 potential layoffs: 0
details: International buyer and seller of scrap metal and plastic.
Voith Fabrics Manufacturing	240 Lottridge Street Hamilton Hamilton Centre	status:	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 70 potential layoffs: 0
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National Steel Car USW Manufacturing	602 Kenilworth Avenue North Hamilton Hamilton Centre	status: open opened: 1912	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 400 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by USWA Local 7135. Maker of rail cars. In 2007, approximately 1500 workers were employed at National Steel Car's Hamilton facility. The company announced in July 2007 that it planned to build a new plant in Northern Alabama, supported by more than $140 million in government subsidies. By May 2008, 1300 were employed at the Hamilton plant. On May 1st, 2008, the employer announced that 90 workers would be laid off. An additional 168 workers were laid off in November 2008, bringing the workforce to just over 1000. In February 2009, the company was reported to be exploring converting idle production capacity to make wind turbines
Hamilton Health Sciences CUPE Health Care and Social Assistance	multiple locations Hamilton Hamilton Centre	status: open	jobs lost: 49 layoffs: 250 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CUPE Local 4800 and ONA Local 70. Six hospitals are part of the HHS system, employing nearly 10,000 people. Layoff notices were sent out in late January 2009, and 49 managerial positions have been eliminated.
St. Joseph's Healthcare CUPE Health Care and Social Assistance	multiple locations Hamilton	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 15
details: Represented by CUPE Local 780 and ONA Local 75. St. Joseph's employees about 6000 people at four locations. In February 2009, the hospital announced that it would focus on making cost savings through attrition, reducing sick days and overtime, with a net loss of 15 full-time jobs expected.
CHCH-TV (CanWest Global Communications) CEP Information and Cultural Industries	163 Jackson Street West Hamilton Hamilton Centre	status: open	jobs lost: 9 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CEP Local 1100. Job cuts were announced in October 2008, as part of a Canada-wide restructuring of CanWest Global which is expected to eliminate 560 jobs in total. Some of the Hamilton station's job loss comes from a decision to centralize studio work in Toronto.
US Steel (Lake Erie Works) USW Manufacturing	Nanticoke	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 490 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by USWA Local 8782.
Bombardier Aerospace De Havilland CAW Manufacturing	123 Garratt Boulevard Toronto	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 475 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CAW Local 112. Bombardier announced on April 2nd, 2009 that it would cut 3000 jobs worldwide, totalling 10% of its aerospace workforce.
Bombardier Aerospace Manufacturing	Montreal	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 1740 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by IAM Local 712. 710 union and non-union employees were laid off on February 5, 2009, a large proportion of these being temporary workers. An additional 1030 were laid off on April 2, 2009. Despite the company reporting "strong financial results" in the 4th quarter of 2008, the layoffs are in anticipation of significantly reduced orders for corporate jets.
Art Gallery of Ontario OPSEU Arts, Entertainment and Recreation	Dundas Street Toronto	status: open	jobs lost: 47 layoffs: 23 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by OPSEU Local 535. The AGO informed the union in February 2009 their intent to layoff permanent unionized and temporary staff. Originally, 61 permanent positions were slated to be cut, but negotiations whittled these down to 23. As well, 47 contract positions have not been renewed. Management is also subject to a salary freeze.
General Motors American Axle Manufacturing	St. Catharines	status: closed opened: 2004	jobs lost: 750 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Niagara Screen Products Manufacturing	St. Catharines	status: closed	jobs lost: 50 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Huron Model and Gauge Manufacturing	95 Washburn Drive Kitchener	status: closed	jobs lost: 40 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of moulds for non-mettalic parts.
ClosetMaid Corporation Manufacturing	Cherry Blossom Road Cambridge	status: open opened: 1980	jobs lost: 500 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Manufacturer of home storage products. Originally Stack-A-Shelf, the St. Louis-based conglomerate bought the company in 1999. Layoffs began in January 2008, with 45 people initially let go. In April 2008, the company announced its intention to close the facility by June 2009, citing the weak U.S. market for homes and the too-strong Canadian dollar.
ArcelorMittal Hamilton East USW Manufacturing	Strathearne Avenue Hamilton Hamilton Centre	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 80 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by USW Local 5328. Manufacturer of steel wire. Previously known as Stelwire, ArcelorMittal bought the facility from Stelco in 2005. On April 15, 2009, the company announced it was laying off 80 of the 165 workers at the plant.
Air Canada Multiple Unions Transportation and Warehousing	Multiple Locations	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 345 potential layoffs: 0
details: Air Canada announced layoffs in January 2009, mostly of flight attendants who are represented by CUPE.
David and Henderson Intercheques Manufacturing	550 Parkside Drive Waterloo	status: closed	jobs lost: 11 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Business cheque printers. The company announced in June 2007 its closure in August of that year.
Collins & Aikman CAW Manufacturing	Laird Road Guelph	status: open	jobs lost: 380 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 300
details: Represented by CAW Local 1917. Manufacturer of molded plastic consoles and instrument panels for the auto industry, particularly Chrysler. The company entered bankrupty protection in 2005, liquidating its US assets. The Canadian facilities began operating under CCAA protection from creditors in July 2007. It laid off 39 employees in Guelph in November 2007. On January 15, 2008, the company announced the Guelph closure slated for April 2008, affecting 510 active employees and 170 already on layoff. In March 2008, the CAW and the employer negotiated a commitment to keep the plant open until 2010, with 300 workers left in the plant.
Bell Canada CEP Administrative and Support	Hamilton Hamilton Centre	status: open	jobs lost: 235 layoffs: 100 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CEP Local 6005. Call Centre. In 2006, 215 workers were cut from Bell's credit services office, adn in 2007, 20 employees from the dispatch centre were transferred to Toronto. Bell announced on April 16, 2009, the layoff of 100 call centre employees as part of a consolidation of smaller call centres into larger ones. Most of the employees have been offered jobs at Bell's Scarborough or London locations, but relocation may prove difficult for many.
CAE Inc. CEP Manufacturing	8585 Chemin de la Cote-de-Liesse Saint Laurent	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 600 potential layoffs: 0
details: Represented by CEP Local 522. Manufacturer of flight simulators. CAE announced the job cuts on May 14, 2009, citing the decline in orders from the civil aviation industry. They will cut 700 jobs in total, 600 from their Montreal facility (including 70 management positions) and the remainder from their international locations. Remaining staff will be required to take a wage freeze, limits on overtime, and five unpaid days off. Early retirement incentives are also being offered. At the same time, CAE announced profit increases of 30% over the last fiscal year, owing to increases in CAE's military contracts. The cuts also come on the heels of CAE's receipt, in April 2009, of a $250m research and development grant from the Canadian government's Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative, which CAE claimed would "create or maintain about 1,000 jobs".
Glenoit Corp Manufacturing		status: closed opened: 1997	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 75 potential layoffs: 0
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CheckFree iSolutions Manufacturing	Waterloo	status: closed	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 60 potential layoffs: 0
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ATS Autosmation Tooling Systems Manufacturing	Cambridge	status: closed	jobs lost: 100 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Canada Alloy Castings Manufacturing	Kitchener	status: closed	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 85 potential layoffs: 0
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Snyder Furniture Manufacturing	Kitchener	status: closed	jobs lost: 8 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Howden Buffalo Inc. Manufacturing	Cambridge	status: closed	jobs lost: 30 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Northstar Aerospace Manufacturing	Cambridge	status: closed	jobs lost: 85 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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ASC Inc. Manufacturing	Kitchener	status: closed	jobs lost: 130 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Kitchener Beverages Manufacturing	Kitchener	status: closed	jobs lost: 65 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Triangle Suspension Systems Manufacturing	Cambridge	status: closed	jobs lost: 130 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Dare Foods Accommodation and Food Services	Kitchener	status: closed	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 130 potential layoffs: 0
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GKN Waterscheid Manufacturing	Rodney	status: closed	jobs lost: 48 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Genesta Plastics Manufacturing	551 Imperial Road North, N1H 7M2 Guelph, ON	status: open	jobs lost: 40 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
details: Company makes platics parts and injection moulding; possibly still operating with approximately 80 employees.
Protexion Manufacturing	643 Speedvale Avenue West, N1K 1E6 Guelph, ON	status: closed	jobs lost: 25 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Deere and Company- Timberjack	Woodstock	status: closed	jobs lost: 325 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Porter-Cable Delta Manufacturing	505 Southgate Dr, N1H 6M7 Guelph, ON	status: closed	jobs lost: 45 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Hardi Inc	London	status: closed	jobs lost: 9 layoffs: 0 potential layoffs: 0
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Kaiser Aluminum Manufacturing	3021 Gore Rd London, ON,	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 42 potential layoffs: 0
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Accuride	31 Firestone Blvd London, ON N5W 6E6	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 350 potential layoffs: 0
details: (indefinite layoff)
International Truck CAW Manufacturing	Chatham	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 700 potential layoffs: 0
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Nova Chemicals Manufacturing	Sarnia, Ontario	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 40 potential layoffs: 0
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Sterling Truck Manufacturing	St.Thoms	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 600 potential layoffs: 0
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Ford Manufacturing	St. Thomas	status: open	jobs lost: 0 layoffs: 1200 potential layoffs: 0
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