Hi, I report live for CBC News Network. There’s a lot of anxiety, but also defiance, where I am in Oshawa, Ont., home to a sprawling General Motors plant.

All morning, workers have been streaming into the union hall for an emergency meeting with local union reps, hugging and wearing T-shirts with the slogan “elbows up.”

Jeff Gray, Unifor Local 222 president, was born and raised here in Oshawa and has a long history with GM and the auto industry, dating back to his great-grandfather.

“Here in Canada, these are our jobs. And we’re not going to let them go anywhere,” said Gray, who has worked at the GM plant for 21 years.

“We’re ready to fight. End of story, not one piece of equipment is leaving Ontario,” said Gray.

We’ve spoken to other people here who are connected to the GM plant, including Bill McCollom who works for a company called Lear. They make the seats for the GM cars.

“If they go down, we’re down — 350 people in our plant that are out of a job immediately,” McCollom told me.

It’s just an indication of the trickle-down effects of the auto industry and how interconnected the industry is to the local economy.

We’re expecting a news conference with Unifor national president Lana Payne around noon.