After Donald Trump’s auto tariffs hit Canada, Stellantis informed its local union it would shut down its Windsor plant for two weeks, putting 4,500 people out of work.

Stellantis is halting vehicle production at two assembly plants in direct response to President Trump’s newly enacted 25% auto tariffs.

In a letter sent out Thursday morning, Stellantis’ North American COO Antonio Filosa said that despite seeing market growth since January, the company would idle its Windsor Assembly Plant for two weeks and its Toluca Assembly Plant for April and temporarily lay off 900 workers.

Stellantis NV's Windsor Assembly Plant is expected to shut down for two weeks starting Monday in a move related to U.S. tariffs impacting the auto industry, the plant's union leader said. The factory builds the Chrysler Pacifica minivan and similar models for the U.S. and Canadian markets, as well as Dodge's new electric Charger Daytona muscle car.

Jeep parent Stellantis is temporarily halting production at its auto assembly factories in Mexico and Canada, a day after the Trump administration’s new tariffs on vehicle imports went into effect. The European-based automaker,

Auto maker Stellantis NV is temporarily halting production at assembly plants in Windsor and Mexico and laying off 900 workers at six U.S. factories as it weighs the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported cars.

Stellantis NV said on Thursday it was temporarily laying off 900 workers at five U.S. facilities and pausing production at one assembly plant each in Mexico and Canada, after U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs were announced.

Alex Ilijoski, NDP candidate in Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore, MPP Lisa Gretzky (NDP—Windsor West), and Unifor Local 200 President John D’Agnolo joined Masse at his campaign headquarters on Walker Road to address the tariffs.