The White House said President Biden's visit to Illinois on Thursday is to celebrate a big victory.
is scheduled for a visit to Belvidere on Thursday to celebrate Stellantis' decision to bring the shuttered Belvidere Assembly Plant back online.
"When the plant was idled in February, it just sort of cut the heart out of the economy," said 11th District U.S. Representative Bill Foster, who credited the robust incentive package offered to Stellantis and pressure from the UAW with paving the way for this move. LaBolt sayid around 2500 of those jobs will be making mid-sized SUVs and another 1300 will be next door building electric batteries at a brand new E-V battery factory.
"That was crucial. Because a modern automobile factory typically has the battery factory right next to the car factory," he said.
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