Over 200 jobs lost as Adient Tillsonburg abruptly closes its doors
CTV
Bill Beaumont is in his 46th year working at Adient Tillsonburg, an auto manufacturing plant. Beaumont was working the overnight shift when he received a notice from the company early Tuesday morning — the official announcement came at 11:00 a.m., in which all 190 union employees, as well as salaried and management positions, would be eliminated and the plant shuttered.
Bill Beaumont is in his 46th year working at Adient Tillsonburg, an auto manufacturing plant that made seats and components. Beaumont was working the overnight shift when he received a notice from the company early Tuesday morning.
“When they handed out that notice, you knew right away something was up because never in my lifetime there have I received the notice quite written like that,” he explained. “So we pretty much knew it was going to be something major.”
The announcement came at 11:00 a.m., all 190 union employees, as well as salaried and management positions, would be eliminated and the plant shuttered.
“It's a blow to us. I mean, like I say, we put our heart and soul in that place,” Beaumont told CTV News London.
Beaumont said the company told the workers the move was to create more efficiency by moving the production to Michigan. The company had just hired over 100 employees in 2019 after winning a contract to build seats for the Ford F-150.
Deb Gilvesy was sworn in as mayor of Tillsonburg Tuesday night, but is disappointed in the announcement.
“We as a town, our first and foremost concern is helping and aiding those 200 plus people and connecting them to the local job market,” Gilvesy said.
