Stellantis announces more than 500 layoffs in Michigan due to UAW strike
The automaker says the last day for 520 workers at the Trenton Engine Complex was Friday, Oct. 6.
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The automaker says the last day for 520 workers at the Trenton Engine Complex was Friday, Oct. 6.
The company said 570 more employees were laid off Oct. 6 as a result of the United Auto Workers union strike. Stellantis says storage constraints caused the layoffs.
LANSING, Mich. - The United Auto Workers (UAW) union strike continues, and the ripple effects are beginning to be felt. More than 6,000 workers across Detroit Three and their suppliers are laid off as a result of walkouts. On Friday, around 7,000 more workers went on strike at General Motors and ...
No Indiana auto plants are on strike, but GM is the second automaker to announce layoffs. Stellantis said it would lay off 300 at two Kokomo plants.
Stellantis said it expected to temporarily lay off these employees "as a consequence of the strike action" at a Toledo, Ohio, plant.