Production at CAMI Assembly restarted on July 31 after a two-week pause caused by a shortage of Ultium batteries.
unexpectedly closed the facility on July 18 and idled its workforce for the month, with the Unifor union representing the workers revealing that the reason for the closure was a battery shortage.
As a result of the rolling layoffs and the complete production halt for two weeks, some factory workers were forced to use food banks or rely on donations from other workers,Most employees had exhausted their government Employment Insurance during the seven-month retooling of CAMI Assembly that made it shift from producing Chevrolet Equinox crossovers to building the BrightDrop Zevo 600.and is expected to start production of the smaller Zevo 400 electric van in the fourth quarter this year.
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