Auto-sector union leaders struck a defiant tone at an emergency meeting in London, Ont., on Thursday. Unifor National President Lana Payne said they will continue standing up against American President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Auto-sector union leaders at an emergency meeting in London, Ont., on Thursday vowed to continue to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods, threatening worker action if companies try to move production to the United States.
“If they think they can appease Trump by shifting production out of Canada, there’s going to be a massive, massive fight in this country,” said Lana Payne, national president of Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union.
“Ultimately, we are workers and we are a workers’ union. We may have to take worker action in order to make sure that we’re protecting our jobs, and our industry and our country, not just for today, but for the next …