Chrysler-parent Stellantis (STLAM.MI) and Ford Motor (F.N) said on Friday they will temporarily lay off 1,250 employees due to the impact of the United Auto Workers strike.
The Stellantis logo is seen during the New York International Auto Show, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., April 5, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photosaid on Friday they will temporarily lay off 1,250 employees due to the impact of the United Auto Workers strike.
Stellantis said it now has 1,340 employees on temporary layoff in three states because of the four-week-old strike after announcing the layoff Friday of 700 employees at two plants in Indiana. Ford said it is temporarily laying off another 550 employees after the UAW walkouts at its Kentucky Truck Plant and Chicago Assembly Plant.
Ford said that starting on Monday it will be laying off about 300 employees at an Ohio transmission plant and about 250 at four Michigan plants along with 12 in Chicago. In total, Ford has laid off 2,480 employees since the strike began on Sept. 15. Ford has warned that a dozen facilities could be impacted by the strike of the Kentucky Truck plant, its largest factory worldwide.Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems have expanded the scope of their ongoing inspections of a production defect affecting 737 Max 8 aircraft, Boeing said on Thursday.
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