‘Shocking and brutal’ 79 workers laid off at Cami Automotive

Following assurances in the latest contract, 79 workers are being laid off at the CAMI BrightDrop auto plant in Ingersoll – CTV London's Daryl Newcombe has the

Unifor has notified its workers at Cami Automotive in Ingersoll that General Motors making cuts.

According to an internal letter obtained by CTV News, 79 junior members are being laid off and the company started sitting down with each individual person affected around 10:30 Monday morning.

Laid off workers will be getting 80 per cent pay for two weeks.

The statement from Unifor. “it is shocking and brutal how this is being handled. I am hearing this is a Detroit call - we have too many members for two shifts and instead of supplying proper notice and following the law of the federal government, they [GM] are approaching junior members and notifying them they are laid off and asking them to leave the plant”

The union said it will update the membership on any new developments.

In September, workers reached a tentative deal with the company, and it was ratified just days later.

At the time, there were 1,100 union members working at the plant currently building the Chevrolet BrightDrop EV 600 and EV 400.

Approximately 200 union members work at the GM Battery Assembly facility to assemble Ultium battery modules.