US EditionHundreds of workers laid off at Ingersoll, Ont. assembly plant as GM halts production
- General Motors is temporarily halting production at its CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, due to lower demand for electric delivery vehicles, leading to approximately 500 layoffs.
- Temporary layoffs began on April 14, and production will temporarily cease until October 2025.
- Lana Payne, Unifor's president, described the layoffs as a 'crushing blow to hundreds of working families' in the region and urged government support for workers.
- GM emphasized that the production changes were directly related to market demand and not the tariffs from the United States on auto imports.
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