Could more work be coming to local Alstom plant?
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is asking the province to put contracts in at the Alstom plant to build line train cars. Right now that job is done overseas.
In a written statement Horwath said;
Let’s save jobs in Thunder Bay. Let’s create even more good jobs that pay the bills and support families. So much of what we need can be built right here — there’s no reason for Doug Ford to ship these jobs to Europe… Ontario needs transit, and Alstom can help build it.
More than half of the plants 400 employees are going to be laid off until late summer, with pink slips starting on March 18th.