"I have nine years to go to collect my full pension, so it was a tough choice but at the same time I don't want to lose out on that for nine years of my life, Vicars told the CBC. I'm going to lose nine years of my life being around my wife and my kids, both my daughters cried."
"Brampton's Stellantis plant employed roughly 3,000 people before it shut down in early 2024 as work to retool the facility got underway. The retooling was being done to accommodate the production of the company's new Jeep Compass model, but these efforts were paused in February as the company worked to reassess its product strategy amidst U.S. tariffs on Canadian manufactured vehicles."
Stellantis moved Jeep Compass production to Illinois, prompting Brampton assembly workers to consider transferring to Windsor. A third shift is scheduled to return to the Windsor assembly plant in early 2026, and unionized Brampton workers have the option to transfer to fill that shift. Chris Vicars, employed at Brampton since 2005, decided to live and work in Windsor during the week and spend weekends in Brampton to protect his pension with nine years until full eligibility. Vicars will live with family in Windsor to save on expenses. Brampton's plant employed about 3,000 before a 2024 shutdown for retooling that paused in February amid tariff-related reassessment.
Read at www.cbc.ca
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