Fiat Chrysler Cars has one once more prolonged the lifetime of the midnight shift at its minivan plant in Windsor, Ontario.

The automaker has been trying to finish manufacturing on the third shift for practically a 12 months, however continues to alter the tip date.

“FCA notified Unifor immediately that it's adjusting the beginning date of the two-shift operation on the Windsor Meeting Plant to start on July 13,” FCA Canada spokeswoman Lou Ann Gosselin stated.

She declined to offer a motive why.

About 6,500 staff construct the Chrysler Pacifica and Voyager and Dodge Grand Caravan in Windsor. When the third shift ends, about 1,500 will lose their jobs.

Pacifica gross sales within the U.S. have been down 17 p.c to 97,705 in 2019, whereas Caravan gross sales fell 19 p.c to 122,648 items. Canadian Pacifica gross sales have been down 38 p.c to three,731 in 2019 whereas Grand Caravan gross sales dropped 15 per cent to 27,362.

The Voyager isnt bought in Canada in the mean time, however it's obtainable in the USA.

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