Stellantis assembly plant in Windsor, Ont., to be down for 2 weeks as auto tariffs kick in

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· Posted: Apr 02, 2025 9:55 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

The Windsor Assembly Plant volition beryllium down with workers disconnected the occupation for 2 weeks starting Monday, Unifor Local 444 announced Wednesday evening.  

The works volition beryllium down the weeks of April 7 and 14 — and successful a societal media post, the national warned much changes to the docket are "expected successful the coming weeks."

"While we had heard rumours of imaginable downtime, the institution said determination are aggregate factors astatine play, with the superior operator down the last determination being this afternoon's announcement from U.S. President Donald Trump of the U.S. tariffs," the national said successful Facebook post. 

"This has and continues to make uncertainty crossed the full car industry. This is not conscionable affecting our plant—it's impacting facilities successful the U.S. and Mexico arsenic well."

A institution typical could not instantly beryllium reached for comment.

Earlier connected Wednesday, Trump announced sweeping tariffs connected a wide range of countries. And portion Canada was spared from immoderate caller tariffs, automotive tariffs announced by the president past week travel into unit Thursday. 

Those 25 per cent tariffs are expected to use connected the worth of the non-American contented successful the vehicles. But parts imported nether the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) are expected to stay tariff-free, for now.