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United Auto Workers union announces end to mask requirements in auto plants

United Auto Workers union announces end to mask requirements in auto plants On Tuesday, the United Auto Workers union announced it would be ending mask requirements for vaccinated autoworkers beginning July 12. The announcement came after a meeting of the COVID-19 Joint Task Force, composed of representatives from the UAW, General Motors, Ford and Stellantis (formerly Fiat Chrysler Automobiles). The move will almost certainly increase infections both in the plants and in surrounding communities in the coming weeks and months. In the state of Michigan, factories and construction sites have consistently ranked among the top sources of outbreaks over the course of the pandemic, behind schools and day care facilities. As recently as March and April, massive outbreaks took place at Stellantis’ Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (SHAP) and Sterling Stamping Plant. At one point, more than 10 percent of SHAP’s workforce of 7,000 was out at the same due to exposure, and at least one Sterli

Ford expects car production to SHRINK IN HALF during the second quarter due to semiconductor chip shortage

https://www.afinalwarning.com/515514.html (Natural News) The chief executive of the Ford Motor Company, one of America’s largest automakers, says he believes the company will lose half of its second-quarter production due to the ongoing semiconductor chip shortage. During the company’s first-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, April 28, Ford CEO Jim Farley proudly announced that the company was able to beat Wall Street’s expectations regarding its earnings. But he couched this statement by saying that it now expects to lose around 50 percent of its planned second-quarter production. Ford’s production for the first quarter already dipped by 17 percent due to a fire in the factory of Ford’s chip supplier, Renesas Electronics in Japan. (Related: Fire at Japanese chipmaker adds to collapsing microchip supply lines for automakers.)

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