UAW Local 2250 President Glenn Kage knows exactly when he will go to General Motors for a “serious conversation” about shutting down the Wentzville Assembly plant for 14 days because of workers with coronavirus.
“Five to 10 cases (of coronavirus) is a yellow light, 10 to 20 cases is a red light,” Kage told the Free Press on Thursday. “In my opinion, 20 is too many. That’s the number.”
Local 2250 represents workers at the plant, located about 40 miles west of St. Louis. The union has already asked GM to shutter the facility for 14 days and do a deep cleaning after five people tested positive for coronavirus. But the automaker declined.