Stellantis NV will cut about 400 more jobs at its Jeep Cherokee factory in Illinois amid a global shortage of semiconductors that already has whacked production and cut a shift at Belvidere Assembly Plant.
The workforce reduction will take effect as early as Jan. 14. Employees received notices on Wednesday, the automaker said in a statement, adding it will try to place laid-off hourly employees in open full-time positions at other company locations as they become available based on seniority. Stellantis doesn’t have another assembly plant in Illinois.