Workers stop production at Jefferson North in Detroit over COVID-19 concerns

by Justin | Jun 26, 2020 | Auto News, COVID-19, FCA, UAW Local 889

Workers at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ Jefferson North Assembly plant in Detroit have stopped production over concerns related to COVID-19. There are no confirmed cases of the virus at the east-side plant that produces the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango...

GM cuts shift at Spring Hill plant after pandemic hurts demand

by Justin | Jun 24, 2020 | Auto News, COVID-19, General Motors, UAW Local 1853

The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on market demand has led General Motors Co. to lay off the third shift at its Spring Hill, Tennessee, plant.  The layoff, which comes a week after GM initially just postponed the addition of the shift, affects 680 employees at the...

GM in Spring Hill to lay off 525 workers, eliminate 3rd shift

by Justin | Jun 24, 2020 | Auto News, COVID-19, General Motors, UAW Local 1853

General Motors said Wednesday it intends to file a WARN notice with the state, giving notice about a layoff at the Spring Hill Manufacturing Facility. The elimination of the third shift permanently will force out 525 production and skilled traders workers and 155...

Local UAW trusting GM for time being on staying open after Wentzville Assembly workers test positive for COVID-19

by Justin | Jun 14, 2020 | Auto News, COVID-19, General Motors, UAW Local 2250

The union has faith in the protocols, which include social distancing, and urges GM to rigidly enforce them and workers to steadfastly adhere to them. Still, there’s great cause for concern. “They have temperature screenings set up, a questionnaire at each entrance....

UAW leader worries as GM pushes production at big Texas plant while COVID-19 cases rise

by Justin | Jun 13, 2020 | Auto News, COVID-19, General Motors, UAW Local 276

The Texas plant that assembles General Motors’ hot-selling full-size SUVs will be back to three shifts Monday. That means nearly 5,000 workers rotating through the massive facility, just as novel coronavirus cases rise in the region and the plant confirms its...

More workers say Ford factories are backsliding on coronavirus safety

by Justin | Jun 13, 2020 | Auto News, COVID-19, Ford, UAW Local 249, UAW Local 600

Ford workers are telling Autoblog the company has failed to adhere to the company’s own safety procedures put in place in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The workers, who are employed at factories in Kansas City and Dearborn, Mich., that build the...