"the industrial heart where tens of thousands of General Motors workers have made a living since the company's plant there opened in 1918. But come Jan. 30, when GM Canada is set to cut the midnight shift at its Oshawa plant, Forbes will be out of a job. He doesn't think he'll find employment in the city of some 185,000 people, where he was born and raised, where his four children and seven grandchildren live."
"He said he thinks he's more likely to find a job there despite having experience in manufacturing, maintenance, waste management, retail and sales. For more than a year now, Forbes has worked at TFT Global Inc., which supplies auto parts to the Oshawa GM plant. It was his first full-time job after he finished treatment for cancer and completed a college program in law and security."
GM Canada will cut the midnight shift at the Oshawa Assembly on Jan. 30, eliminating jobs and affecting roughly 2,000 workers. Oshawa faces about nine per cent unemployment, and national unemployment rose to 7.1 per cent in August, with much of the rise tied to the U.S. trade war. Workers will confront a downsized plant, U.S. tariffs and a difficult job market. Todd Forbes, 48, who worked at TFT Global Inc. supplying the Oshawa plant, faces unemployment, considers relocating to Nova Scotia, and worries that an employment gap will hurt his prospects despite broad work experience.
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