Production at automobile factories stopped. Major automakers are blocking several major bridges on the US-Canada border. anti-vaccine protests they feel the tension. As anti-vaccine protests in Canada and the US enter their third week, giants such as Honda, Toyota, General Motors, Ford and Stellantis have had to make new decisions for their factories.
Production in automobile factories has stopped because of anti-vaccine opponents. The cessation of production at automobile factories slows production and causes the prices of both new and used vehicles to rise. semiconductor chip shortage The final major blow to the still-affected auto industry.
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Big blow from anti-vaccine opponents to automobile factories
Convoy protests include truckers crossing into the United States and truckers gathering from western Canada to head to the country’s capital, Ottawa. Opposing COVID-19 vaccine guidelines It started in January after collaborating on The protests were embraced by Republican politicians in the US, including Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
The protests blocked traffic on the Ambassador Bridge, which connects the USA with Canada, forcing automakers to cut production. Fordsaid the bridge protest “harmed customers, auto workers, suppliers, companies and communities on both sides of the border, which have suffered parts shortages for two years due to the global semiconductor problem, COVID and more.”
Toyotashut down two of its factories in Kentucky and Ottawa due to the supply chain chaos caused by the bridge protests. Parent company of Dodge, Jeep and Ram stellantissaid it has cut one of its shifts at the Windsor facility, but the other shifts will proceed as usual. Hondawhile suspending one of its production lines at its facility in Ontario General Motors canceled a shift at his factory in Michigan.
With the help of the hundreds of heavy-duty trucks they use to block traffic, protesters have been able to clear all forms that require businesses to check proof of vaccination. vaccination requirements. and restrictions on COVID demands an end. The number of protesters, which was a few hundred on weekdays, rose to over a thousand at the weekend.
Production at auto plants has stalled, but still the protests seem unpopular among Canadians; Surveys say three-quarters of Canadians support vaccination passports for closed meals and gatherings. The Canadian trucking industry also condemned the move, noting that truckers are among the types of workers most vaccinated.
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