Stellantis has as soon as once more prolonged the lifetime of a second shift at its minivan plant in Windsor, Ont.

The automaker stated Friday that the Windsor Meeting Plant will stay a two-shift operation till the top of 2022.

The automaker declined to remark additional on why it prolonged the shift. It solely confirmed what Unifor Native 444 President Dave Cassidy stated in a Fb submit late Thursday night.

Stellantis had initially stated in a information launch issued in October 2021 the plant can be knocked right down to a single shift “starting within the early spring” of 2022.

In February of this yr, the automaker stated it could knock the Windsor Meeting Plant right down to a single shift on the finish of June 2022.

About 4,500 folks, the vast majority of them Unifor members, construct the Chrysler Pacifica and Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid for world markets, the Chrysler Grand Caravan for the Canadian market and Chrysler Voyager for fleet gross sales.

Previous to its merger with PSA Group, Fiat Chrysler pledged throughout 2020 contract negotiations with Unifor to speculate between $1.35 billion and $1.5 billion to start constructing electrified automobiles on the Windsor meeting plant.

Each the union and automaker preserve that promise will likely be saved.

Canadian Pacifica gross sales have been up 64 per cent to 4,505 in 2021. The automaker offered 2,721 Chrysler Grand Caravans in Canada final yr. Stellantis in 2020 eradicated the Dodge Caravan and moved it into the Chrysler product line.

First-quarter gross sales of the Pacifica have been up 50 per cent to 2,154 this yr whereas Grand Caravan gross sales surged 79 per cent to 1,220.

As not too long ago as 2019, the Windsor Meeting Plant was a three-shift operation.