28 temporary workers at General Dynamics Land Systems Canada are out of work following a review by the company.
In an emailed statement to 980 CFPL, Doug Wilson-Hodge Manager, Corporate Affairs for General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada wrote the company “reviews our volumes and planned work as a regular course of business. Positions affected are temporary contract agency positions.”
The layoffs, mostly the engineering area, happened on Tuesday.
GDLS-Canada has over 1,900 employees, including over 600 engineers, including about 500 Unifor workers.
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Sources tell 980 CFPL the layoffs aren’t related to NAFTA talks between Canada and the U.S. or tariffs from the United States nor are they a result of the diplomatic argument between Canada and Saudi Arabia.
It’s been a year and a half since General Dynamics signed a new deal. The company scored a $400 million contract in February 2017 with the Canadian armed forces to upgrade light armoured vehicles.
One of it’s largest contracts was signed in 2014 when GDLS Canada secured a deal worth $15 billion to build armoured vehicles for Saudi Arabia. At the time it was believed that deal would supply work for the plant on Oxford Street for about 15 years.