What have they been doing there since the shut down? My department is so far behind, its ridiculous. Yes, I'd like to receive email communications on editorial features, special offers, research and events and webinars from Automotive News. There's definitely a market with F-150 sidelined. Employees at the plant reached by The Macomb Daily Saturday reported receiving three-week layoff notices. The job cuts will also pose a significant safety risk to workers who are already working on skeleton crews. The Warren Truck Assembly Plant builds the Ram 1500 Classic truck. Those plants are Jefferson North Assembly in Detroit; Toledo Assembly Complex in Ohio; Sterling Heights Assembly in suburban Detroit; Brampton Assembly in Ontario; Saltillo Truck Assembly in Mexico; and Saltillo Van Assembly. See more newsletter options at autonews.com/newsletters. Sign up to our Autoworker Newsletter. Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois, home to the Cherokee, will be down through the middle of May. Fiat Chrysler, PSA profits dropped in pandemic before merger, We have not heard how long the shutdown will last, but Stellantis is looking at mid-April for now, said Macomb County Director of Planning and Economic Development, Vicky Rowinski. The scope of what we are being made to accept needs to be made known. 71 0 obj
<>
endobj
For more information, see ourPrivacy Policy. The additional downtime comes after Richard Palmer, Stellantis' chief financial officer, this week said the impact of the shortage of the chips used in vehicle electronics from the steering wheel to the infotainment system is expected to be worse in the second quarter than in the first three months of the year. Sign up and get the best of Automotive News delivered straight to your email inbox, free of charge. I want to discuss joining or building an autoworkers rank-and-file committee: Letter from a supplemental autoworker on 12-hour shifts at Warren Truck Assembly Plant, US autoworkers sound alarm as Omicron rips through factories. hbbd```b``"HfqD2-R`Yga[IVx>] fOW`;KN2)jXDH2 fH ; Stellantis has shut down production at its Windsor, Ontario, minivan plant in Canada through May 23. "Stellantis continues to work closely with our suppliers to mitigate the manufacturing impacts caused by the various supply chain issues facing our industry," spokeswoman Jodi Tinson said in a statement. Fords Kentucky Truck Plant will also face a two-week shut down in June according to Dunn; the plant employs nearly 9,000 people. I've been scrambling for the last few days trying to find drop-in replacements that we can actually purchase. They dont call you back., Denouncing the UAWs role in letting workers go without needed benefits, she continued, 74 percent sub pay [supplemental unemployment benefits]the paycheck that I let go I was supposed to get six hundred dollars for unemployment. For more information, see ourPrivacy Policy. Schools need to be shut down. Ford is temporarily shutting the Transit line at its Kansas City plant as well as F-150 production. Letter from a supplemental autoworker on 12-hour shifts at Warren Truck Assembly Plant, More workers died of COVID-19 at one Michigan auto plant than all of China in 2021. 2) They are wearing us out with the mandatory overtime. Two shifts of DS? Click here to submit a Letter to the Editor, and we may publish it in print. We had heard that Intel is looking to increase its footprint here in the United States so we are thinking of what we can do to attract companies that make the semiconductor technology to Macomb County, said Rowinski. Detroit, Michigan As has been the case throughout virtually the entire pandemic, the number of infected in the auto plants is being systematically concealed from the public by management with the assistance of the United Auto Workers union (UAW). 3). "We'll Letter from a supplemental autoworker on 12-hour shifts at Warren Truck Assembly Plant 7 January 2022 More workers died of COVID-19 at one Michigan auto Sales tumbled 29% last year to 191,397, while deliveries at the Jeep brand fell 14% amid pandemic shutdowns.. Workers who are looking for a way to fight the jobs bloodbath in the auto industry and oppose deadly working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic must fight to break free from the corporatist unions and build their own rank-and-file committees by and for the workers themselves to draw up their own demands. Have an opinion about this story? board, Macomb County commissioners continue increasing media outreach, communication, Furniture Bank of Southeastern Michigan in urgent need of donations, Alzheimers Association Michigan Chapter offers preventative tips for those at risk of wandering, St. Clair Shores pool to extend hours, change rates for 2023, New Haven schools adds familiar face as security officer, Woman: 'drug friend,' lover killed long-time boyfriend in Chesterfield Township, Brother of Chesterfield Township homicide victim questions motive, L'Anse Creuse North, Richmond advance to state cheer finals, Sentencing delayed again for former Macomb County public works boss, Macomb County woman injured in drive-by shooting, Sterling Heights police officer completes DoorDash delivery for driver involved in crash, Clinton Twp. Covid is back spreading in our plant and IAC never covered any worker when they went out on covid they told the worker to call unemployment even though the governor stated that jobs would be reimbursed for paying any worker out on covid. Haig: Buy-Sell Q&A: What is the value of an M&A advisor? This was about a year and a half ago.. Either way, price hikes squeeze US auto buyers. That term means it intends to shut down the plant. The worker detailed the daily reality workers face of unsafe conditions. We have not heard how long the shutdown will last, but Stellantis is looking at mid-April for now, said Macomb County Director of Planning and Economic Development, Vicky Rowinski. They dont give people adequate time to disinfect workstations after the previous shift and we cant wear the proper mask, the N95, because its not company-issued. VerticalScope Inc., 111 Peter Street, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2H1, Canada. NISSAN: 2022 Pathfinder and 2022 Frontier. In addition to the announcement of the layoffs, production will be halted through the end of May at the Belvidere plant, along with Stellantis Warren Truck Assembly Plant in Michigan. When you get enough workers involved, you can coordinate action. ISSN 1557-7686 (online), Fixed Ops Journal Windsor Assembly Plant in Ontario, which makes the minivans, will be down through the second week of the month. General Motors extended its shutdown of the CAMI Ontario SUV assembly plant through July 4 as well as extending the shutdown of the Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas through July 8. Plants in Windsor and Brampton, Ontario; Belvidere, Illinois; and Toulica, Mexico are also affected. The Grand Wagoneer, opening at $88,995, will reach higher into the luxury market and square off with models such as the Lincoln Navigator and Cadillac Escalade. Take this quiz to find out, Rey and Rey: Automation and the future of automotive retail, Routeone: The benefits of robust dealership reporting tools, Siemens: The impact of vehicle electrification and connectivity on electrical system design, Spectrum Reach: Playing to win: How automotive dealers can capitalize on sports marketing, Swiss Re: Insurers and car manufacturers: how to unlock the potential of true collaboration, Text2Drive: Digital retailing meets the service department, Trimble: The future of autonomous vehicles speeds ahead, Truist: Capitalize on the changing structure of auto retailing, Truist: Prepare now for the next era of automotive retailing, Urban Science: Promoting dealer-consumer alignment across continued industry evolution, Walbridge: Video | Walbridge Chairman on how automotive companies are navigating the electrification boom, Western Digital: To Meet Consumer Demand, Automakers Must Double Down on Agile Development, Wipro: How to address safety and security for software-defined vehicles, Wipro: How todays tech decisions drive tomorrows sales, Wipro: Software Helps Address the Affordability Challenge, Wipro: The Promise of Software-Defined Vehicles and the Cloud Car Ecosystem, Wipro: Video | Wipro CTO on how OEM's are leveraging software-defined vehicle technology, Notarize: What to expect for the future of auto sales, Seagate: Unlocking value from connected-car data, Amazon Web Services: AI-powered supply chain decision-making, Epic Games: Five ways in-car designs will change in the next five years. International Committee of the Fourth International. Therefore, we are demanding a reasonable limit to the overtime hours and days that can be scheduled daily and in advance.. They wont roll over the Temporary Part Time workers to full time and theyre now being mandated to work 12-hour shifts, which is unfair to them. Downtime will be extended through the week of June 7 for the Toluca Assembly Plant in Mexico. K8I #=/.jkHRj!H)m`J(G ( While that should help the auto industry, scarcity of microchips is expected to persist beyond the end of 2021, experts have said. Jefferson North Assembly Plant resumes full production of the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango SUVs after running with limited crews since late April. According to one Belvidere autoworker, who spoke anonymously to the World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter, many workers had expected another mass layoff due to the critical parts shortage. Illinois Republican Representative Joe Sosnowski told local station WREX News at the end of April that his office had ten or twenty phone calls a day from Belvidere Assembly workers who were struggling to get their unemployment claims fulfilled through an unresponsive system. It is a volatile situation; workers need a goal and a direction., International Committee of the Fourth International, COVID, Capitalism, and Class War: A Social and Political Chronology of the Pandemic. Downtime lingers for some Stellantis plants - Automotive News You can unsubscribe at any time through links in these emails. Susan Smiley is a multimedia journalist covering Warren, Center LIne, Eastpointe and St. Clair Shores. According to Bloomberg, While demand for vehicles has been outstripping supply as the U.S. emerges from pandemic lockdowns and people opt for private transportation, the Cherokee hasnt been a major beneficiary. To send us your own story about conditions at your plant, email us today at autoworkers@wsws.org. WebConstruction workers leave FCA Chrysler Warren Truck Assembly after the Detroit three automakers have agreed to UAW demands to shut down all North Line workers work on the chassis of full-size General Motors pickup trucks at the Flint Assembly plant on June 12, 2019 in Flint, Michigan.