The Detroit Free Press is reporting that General Motors will lay off 200 employees beginning April 28 at its Detroit Factory Zero and Hamtramck facilities. The company said the layoffs are not tariff-related. The newspaper reported the automobile manufacturer has no plans for the jobs to return. The layoffs follow […]
The Reuters new agency is reporting that Volvo will layoff up to 800 workers at three U.S. plants over the next three months. The cuts will fall on workers at the company’s Mack Trucks site in Pennsylvania and two Volvo Group plants in Virginia and Maryland. Read the entire Reuters […]
The Detroit News is reporting that automaker Stellantis will pause production at its Detroit Assembly Complex. It’s the latest in a series of cutbacks for the company. The Mack and Jefferson North facilities are shutting down for the week of April 28. The Mack plant will also take a week […]
A union representing staff at the United Auto Workers has called a strike action against the UAW after accusing them of engaging in more than a year of “bad faith bargaining.” UAW Staff United voted overwhelmingly in October to authorize a strike, seeking fair wages, job security, just cause protections, […]
Ohio television station WTOL is reporting that workers at a Jeep assembly plant have met with UAW President Shawn Fain to express their frustration at the more than 1,400 layoffs that leave them scrambling to find a new job during the holidays. The workers at the Toledo Assembly Complex and […]
Yahoo! Finance is reporting automaker Stellantis has announced layoffs of about 1,100 workers at a Toledo, Ohio plant. The job losses come after the cuts this year in both salaried and hourly employees. The online financial outlets said the UAW did not respond to a request for comment on the […]
Hoosier AG Today and The Des Moines Register are reporting John Deere will layoff an additional 287 workers in addition to the more than 600 layoffs previously announced. The layoffs will take effect on Jan. 3, 2025. Neither figure includes an unannounced number of salaried employees laid off at the […]
The Detroit News is reporting that Stellantis NV is terminating 191 workers at its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, letting workers go at its Jeep Wrangler SUV and Gladiator manufacturing plant, and planning additional layoffs “across its footprint.” A local UAW official is quoted as saying the union was caught off […]
NPR is reporting that workers at the Stellantis Jeep plant in Ohio say they face “a highly uncertain future, with little faith that their new record contracts, achieved after a painful six-week strike, will keep their jobs intact.” Jim Cooper, a team leader at the Toledo Assembly Complex where UAW […]
Reuters wire service is reporting that German-based auto manufacturer Volkswagen is weighing whether to close factories in Germany for the first time in its modern history. The most likely candidates for closure are reported to be sites in Osnabrueck and Dresden. VW reportedly said it may be forced to end […]