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Over 25,000 autoworkers are on strike at selected plants of General Motors, Ford and Stellantis. The strike began at three plants when the contracts with the United Auto Workers expired midnight Sept. 14, and was expanded the next two Fridays to include 38 parts warehouses and two more assembly plants.…
Thousands of workers are temporarily out of work for at least this week, and likely longer, at the Chicago Assembly Plant on the far South Side. The automotive factory on the banks of the Calumet River, which normally runs around the clock, reduced its workforce to just one of three shifts this week because of a parts shortage caused in turn by a global semiconductor shortage. Kelli Felker, Ford global manufacturing and labor communications manager, could not say how long the layoffs would last or exactly how many workers were affected. "There are approximately 5,300 hourly workers at Chic...
Ford plans more production cuts UAW layoffs at factories in Chicago, Ohio By Phoebe Wall Howard, The Detroit News Published: January 31, 2021, 6:00am Share: Ford Motor Co. has confirmed plans to cut production and temporarily lay off more UAW members at the Chicago Assembly Plant. A UAW local official at the huge Illinois factory had urged workers to be careful with their money and prepare for the wage loss caused by a global supply chain problem, the Free Press first reported Thursday. The shortage is tied to manufacturing disruption worldwide because of COVID-19. This latest ...