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Keep Crown Royal Canadian

Take action by adding your voice….click the link to tell Tell Diageo to reverse their decision, defend Canadian jobs, and keep Crown Royal truly Canadian.

https://www.unifor.org/campaigns/all-campaigns/keep-crown-royal-canadian#video

Keep Crown Royal Canadian

Diageo’s plan to shut down its Amherstburg, Ontario plant threatens more than 200 good Canadian jobs and the integrity of this iconic whisky.

Crown Royal has been proudly crafted in Canada for generations, but Diageo’s plan to shut down its Amherstburg, Ontario plant threatens more than 200 good Canadian jobs and the integrity of this iconic whisky. The company insists production will remain Canadian yet refuses to explain how that’s possible after closing the very facility that blends and bottles Crown Royal today.

Frontline workers with decades of experience know the truth: moving production south of the border amid Trump-era tariffs risks both the quality of Crown Royal and the future of Canadian jobs.

This decision wasn’t made in Amherstburg, or even in Canada—it was made in a boardroom in London, England. Diageo’s plans for U.S. bottling is impractical, unsafe, and a betrayal of the Crown Royal legacy. Once production begins to shift, there is no guarantee the company will stop, especially with new facilities in anti-union states like Alabama ready to take over. Amherstburg workers, their families, and the entire community will pay the price while corporate profits flow overseas.

Unifor is calling on all Canadians to stand with Crown Royal workers. This plant is the backbone of Amherstburg, and its closure would devastate families and the local economy. Add your name to call on Diageo executives and board members to reverse this decision, defend Canadian jobs, and keep Crown Royal truly Canadian.

Tell Diageo executives and board members to reverse their decision, defend Canadian jobs, and keep Crown Royal truly Canadian.

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Trump using negotiation termination as excuse to bleed jobs out of Canada

 

TORONTO –President Trump’s abrupt termination of trade negotiations with Canada is the latest excuse to drag out talks while the U.S. continues to siphon off investment and good jobs out of Canada.

“From the start Trump’s intention has been to destroy our industrial base and bully Canada into economic subservience,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. “The President’s fake outrage over a TV ad is just his latest ploy to sabotage any progress made by the Canadian negotiating team.”

Unifor maintains that the U.S. administration has no real interest in a reasonable, comprehensive trade agreement. Instead, its strategy is to cherry-pick sectors to extract the materials and advantages America wants, while escalating attacks on vital industries that sustain good middle-class jobs in Canada.

“This is why Canada cannot allow the U.S. to pit workers against workers, sectors against sectors, regions against regions and Canadians against Canadians. We fight back together, we stand together because that is how we win,” warned Payne.

The TV ads at the centre of Trump’s manufactured dispute—sponsored by the Ontario government—highlighted former U.S. President Ronald Reagan’s own anti-tariff message.

“Premier Ford, whose province has been hit hard by the trade war, understands that we can’t negotiate from our knees. We need to fight back. We can’t remain silent while we are bleeding jobs, and our workers and industries are under attack by unjust and punitive tariffs. That is exactly the outcome Trump is counting on,” said Payne.

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