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Second shift extended at Windsor Assembly Plant

Windsor Assembly Plant employees are back on the job in Windsor, Ont. Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. (Bob Bellacicco / CTV Windsor) Windsor Assembly Plant employees are back on the job in Windsor, Ont. Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. (Bob Bellacicco / CTV Windsor)
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Thousands of workers at the Windsor Assembly are breathing a huge sigh of relief.

Unifor Local 444 says Stellantis has agreed to extend the second shift at the plant, until at least the end of June 2023.

“We've been continuing to fight and argue over that second shift issue so they gave me notification today that it's continuing until the end of June and we will continue to have those dialogues and debates to make sure it’s right off the radar prior to us going to three shifts,” said Unifor Local 444 president Dave Cassidy.

Back in April, the company announced it would extend the shift to the end of this year.

Stellantis had plans to cut the second shift, reducing the plant to a one-shift operation.

The move would eliminate more than 1,500 jobs.

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