Union leaders representing auto workers across Ontario are condemning the stand taken by their American counterparts in support of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on the vehicle industry, which have already led to layoffs in the sector.

The United Auto Workers union has, for months, strongly supported Mr. Trump’s tariff plan, arguing that it will bring back manufacturing jobs to the United States that were lost over the past three decades following the enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994.

“To see UAW leadership talking about the importance of jobs coming back to the U.S., knowing that Canadian auto workers will be massively impacted, is a betrayal of the solidarity we had as auto unions,” said John D’Agnolo, president of Unifor Local 200 in Windsor, which represents more than 2,000 auto workers at Ford Motor Co.’s two engine plants in the border town.

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