In January 2012, 450 Canadian Auto Workers union workers were locked out of the EMD London facility, after refusing to ratify EMD's proposed new contract which included a pay cut of 50% for some workers - labour costs at the Canadian plant were much greater than in some of the company's US plants.
Pada bulan Januari 2012, 450 pekerja yang tergabung dalam serikat pekerja Canadian Auto Workers telah dilarang bekerja di pabrik itu di London, setelah menolak meratifikasi kontrak baru yang diusulkan EMD termasuk pemotongan gaji sebesar 50% untuk beberapa pekerja - biaya tenaga kerja di pabrik Kanada jauh lebih besar daripada di beberapa pabrik milik perusahaan AS.