March 4th, 2008
FacebookDiggDel.icio.usMore Bill Pugliano, Getty Images U.S. sales of the Dodge Caravan fell 45% in the first two months of 2008 from a year earlier. Demand for Canadian-made minivans is tanking in the United States as competition from other vehicles grows and the economy slows down, putting pressure on Chrysler LLC to cut output at its Windsor, Ont., assembly plant if industry conditions worsen. U.S.
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March 1st, 2008
A strike called by the Canadian Auto Workers has forced TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. to shut down its plant in Windsor. The plant employs about 175 union workers who make suspension modules for Chrysler minivans. The plant exclusively supplies a nearby Chrysler plant. The strike at the TRW plant caused Chrysler L.L.C. to shut down its plant in Windsor at 6 p.m. Thursday, according to Michelle Tinson, manager of manufacturing and labor communications for Chrysler.
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