1,000 New GM jobs in works for Oshawa

           General Motors will build a replacement for the Chevrolet Impala and produce a Cadillac sedan at its Oshawa car complex, creating up to 1,000 new jobs during the next few years, industry officials say. Since GM has been faltering over the past two years and needs to go to extremes to create jobs for their employees. A senior official for the Canadian Auto Workers said later the addition of those vehicles should generate between 750 and 1,000 jobs in an extra shift at GM's Oshawa complex. They feel that they have the appropriate facilities to make this change effective and can thrive making an entire new shift creating these Cadillac vehicles. An official at the site claims that this plan is not official as of right now, but he feels it makes a lot of sense and would create more jobs for the company, producing a car that is in higher demand. In his eyes this shift is a win-win situation. The manufacturers association's disclosure follows recent auto production announcements by GM in Ingersoll and Toyota in Woodstock that will boost employment in southern Ontario's recession-ravaged manufacturing sector. The Oshawa car complex is one of the few GM manufacturers that are still producing this model and it is planned that it will be totally out of commission by the end of the year 2011. GM has also announced that it will be creating several new flexible assembly lines in the next couple of months, creating thousands more jobs. GM also has many more plans for several other Manufacturing units across the country.


           I feel that these measures being taken by GM are a great sign of the rehabilitation of the Canadian economy and the auto industry which was hit especially hard by the depression. When the depression struck the auto industry was struck extremely hard and GM was on the brink of going out of business. For GM to now have the power and resources to start to do their part to restore the economy are a very calming sight and are showing the final stages of the full recovery. This was one of the worst recessions our country has had in a very long while and it is gladdening to see that it is recovering and that our economy is strong enough to build itself back up and prosper once again. It is also great to see an influential company; which has control over so much of the auto industry back at its best and supplying the people of Canada with vehicles. This article makes it very apparent that the recession is coming to an end and strong companies such as GM will once again prosper.