This article was published in the March 2024 edition of UAWD’s newsletter, Members Voice. Read the full newsletter here.
After relying for years on over 5,000 Supplemental Employees, Stellantis is punishing many workers who generated its record profits. Since January 12, the company has terminated over 1,000 SEs. Cutting these jobs creates more work, and could lead to more mandatory overtime, for full-timers with seniority.
To fight back, rank-and-file members are circulating a petition and talking with their coworkers during break time. They’ve gathered over 1,200 signatures across the company demanding Stellantis reinstate the terminated Supplemental Employees and stop future terminations. Members can sign the petition: uawd.org/ProtectSEs
Ramping up the pressure, 30 workers at Jeep, Local 12, delivered the petition by marching on shift management during their break. One member summarized the demands, saying “the record profits Stellantis made off the backs of the workforce are more than enough to continue employing and finding work in many areas of our plant that are often over cycled.” Others lined up to pass the shift manager sheet after sheet of signatures.
If you want to join the Jeep workers and deliver the petition to your own plant management, get in touch with us: [email protected]