Tag: Ingersoll
Federal loans boost three regional manufacturers as Cami plant sits idle
FedDev Ontario, the federal economic development agency, is providing $5 million in loans to three area manufacturers.
Auto belt anxiety: One big London-area layoff, many charity questions
To the small-town hospital in Ingersoll, home to the auto assembly plant that had employed most of its members, the union local donated $10,000. Another $5,000, it gave to an inter-faith charity that helps the needy in the Southwestern Ontario community, including with Christmas hampers. The same amount it shared with Stronger Together Ingersoll Community […]
Auto belt anxiety: The EV that left 1,100 London-area workers in limbo
GM’s new electric cargo van was supposed to be its Ingersoll factory’s salvation. Instead, it left the Cami plant idled. Why didn’t it sell?
Boom and gloom: A stark divide in Southwestern Ontario’s auto belt
St. Thomas and Ingersoll aren’t far apart, but there’s a world of difference in how they’ve been hit by the auto industry’s electric bet.
LFP Letters to the Editor: November 19, 2025
Local threat unwise The threat by Unifor Local 88 to seize the Cami plant if GM chooses to remove equipment is unwise and will likely be deemed illegal by the courts. Manufacturing in Canada is costly and burdened by needless red tape from governments. Instead of taking up a quarrel with GM, union officials should be […]