Unifor members from the PACCAR truck plant in Sainte-Thérèse gathered outside Premier François Legault’s Montreal office Thursday morning, protesting what they call the Quebec government’s inaction after 300 layoffs were announced last week.

The Sainte-Thérèse facility, located north of Laval, once employed about 1,400 people and produced roughly 100 trucks a day.

That number has now dropped to 18, leaving about 500 jobs in jeopardy.

“What they’re afraid of right now is losing their job, losing their home, not being able to feed their family,” said Daniel Cloutier, Unifor’s Quebec director.

The union says the layoffs are tied to the ongoing U.S. tariff war, which has hurt PACCAR’s bottom line. The company’s revenues have fallen from about $8 billion in 2024 to roughly $6.6 billion this

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