The decision affects workers in Fairfax, Kansas, as the United Auto Workers union prepares for more strikes.
United Auto Workers members on a picket line outside the General Motors assembly plant in Wentzville, Mo., on Sunday.General Motors said Wednesday it idled a manufacturing plant in Kansas, and laid off almost all of the approximately 2,000 people working there.
Also Wednesday, Stellantis, the maker of Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge vehicles, said it is laying off 68 workers in Ohio, and another 300 layoffs in Indiana could soon follow. The layoffs are another sign that both sides are digging in as the first week of the strike soon comes to a close.Eastern time Friday unless there is"serious progress" toward a new contract.
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