Hundreds of workers laid off at Ingersoll, Ont. assembly plant as GM halts production

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CBC News has learned General Motors's CAMI Assembly Plant successful Ingersoll, Ont., volition unopen down adjacent month, and re-open months aboriginal astatine fractional capacity.

The works volition re-open successful October with reduced production, the national says

Alessio Donnini · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 11, 2025 1:46 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

Since 2022, workers astatine GM's CAMI assembly works successful Ingersoll, Ont., person worked to physique the BrightDrop electric-powered transportation van. Workers who spoke to CBC News accidental the manufacture needs supports from national politicians to antagonistic the menace of tariffs from U.S. president Donald Trump.

The General Motors's CAMI Assembly Plant successful Ingersoll, Ont., volition unopen down adjacent period with plans to re-open successful the autumn astatine fractional capacity.

The institution said successful a connection Friday that accumulation is coming to halt arsenic a nonstop effect of the market, and available inventory to physique the BrightDrop electrical transportation vehicles manufactured astatine the plant.

"CAMI is making operational and employment adjustments to balance inventory and align production schedules with current demand," GM said successful a statement.

"GM remains committed to the aboriginal of BrightDrop and the CAMI works and will support employees done the transition."

Two models of the BrightDrop Zevo are made connected site, and income person lagged down the competition with numbers released by GM showing a full of 427 vehicles sold successful Canada successful 2024, and 1,529 successful the United States.

The quality follows the impermanent closure of Stellantis's Windsor Assembly Plant successful Windsor, Ont., which was announced successful aboriginal April, pursuing the imposition of U.S. car tariffs.

The CAMI works employs astir 1,200 workers with the Unifor national saying Friday that layoffs volition commencement Monday, with immoderate accumulation continuing into May.

After that, accumulation volition halt October 2025, the national said successful a statement.

"When accumulation resumes successful October, the works volition run connected a azygous displacement for the foreseeable aboriginal – a simplification that is expected to effect successful the indefinite layoff of astir 500 workers," the connection read.

"Our members person endured truthful overmuch — from retooling disruptions to months of rotating layoffs — and present they're facing a large accumulation slowdown and occupation loss," said Unifor Local 88 CAMI Plant Chairperson Mike Van Boekel.

"Global request for last-mile transportation vehicles is lone growing. Our members person the skill, the experience, and the pridefulness to physique world-class electrical vehicles close present successful Canada — each we request is the accidental to support doing it."

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Alessio Donnini covers section quality online and connected the aerial for CBC News successful London. He covers breaking quality and writes astir municipal politics, crime, and technology. Since graduating from Fanshawe College, he's besides worked successful Toronto and Windsor. Alessio tin beryllium heard connected weekday afternoons speechmaking the quality for Afternoon Drive, and tin beryllium reached astatine [email protected]