Ford brought 71,000 workers back at its North American operations. But work will be different than usual — with “rechoreographed” assembly lines to prevent coronavirus from spreading.
Ford is getting back to work. On Monday, the company brought 71,000 workers back at its North American operations: roughly 59,300 in the U.S., 5,300 in Canada and 6,775 in Mexico.
General Motors and Fiat Chrysler are also reopening plants Monday. It's the first time working for tens of thousands of employees who have been home since March. Work will be different from usual, with new measures to help keep the coronavirus from spreading.Morning EditionHow do you separate people and still have room for all of your necessary employees? What are some specifics that you're doing?.
You plan to test workers who exhibit symptoms of COVID-19. I do wonder why not offer tests to everyone, given that we know many people who get this virus don't have symptoms but they can spread it?
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