Pilot program launched to transition displaced Stellantis workers into new jobs

Summary

The closure of Stellantis’s Brampton assembly plant left some 2,000 workers out of a job, but now a $1-million pilot program is helping to get them working again. Toronto Pearson, United Way Greater Toronto and Peel Region have teamed up to launch the one-year initiative, designed to help workers build on the skills they already have and connect them with a new job. It comes as Unifor, the union representing those workers, says it believes Stellantis has sold the Brampton plant. As Victoria Femia reports, the program will support about 200 workers – including those who were laid off when…

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