GM Canada recalling 885 workers

General Motors of Canada says it will recall about 885 workersatOntario plantsthis year to build more Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain crossover SUVs.

GM said Friday it will recall about 600 laid-off workers at its Oshawa assembly plant, moving to three shifts from two in October.

All127 laid-off employees at theCAMI plant in Ingersoll will be recalled April 6 and the company willrecall 158 employees laid off from plants at otherplants in Windsor, St. Catharines and Woodstock, said Canadian Auto Workersnational representative Ken Osborne. Those recalls will start in late April ingroups of 50, he said.

GM also said itexpects to add 70 new jobs at CAMI by August.

The body shop at the CAMI plantwill expand to producemoreEquinox units, which will then be sent to Oshawa for paint and final assembly.

CAMI will also be able to increaseproduction of the Terrain, GM said.

Combined sales of the Equinox and Terrain are up 100 per cent in Canada and 128 per cent in the United States over the last quarter, the company said.

The Equinox and Terrainvehicles look like SUVs butemploy a car platform.

Ken Lewenza,president of the Canadian Auto Workers union, welcomed the recall.

Most of GM's laid-off workers are coming close to running out ofemployment insurance and otherbenefits, he said.