General Motors and Stellantis have furloughed a combined 664 more employees due to the United Auto Workers strike.
Stellantis on Monday temporarily laid off 525 workers at two stamping plants in Michigan that provide parts for the Ram 1500, the company confirmed Tuesday. The furloughs include 400 of the more than 1,500 hourly employees at its Sterling Heights stamping plant and 125 of the nearly 1,200 hourly employees at its stamping plant in Warren.
The automaker said the UAW strike at its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, which builds the popular Ram 1500 pickup, led to the layoffs. About 6,800 UAW members walked off the job at the Sterling Heights plant on Monday, causing production to stop.
Stellantis has furloughed more than 2,000 employees at six facilities in three states since the UAW strike began Sept. 15. About 14,300 UAW members employed by Stellantis are striking against the automaker.
Likewise, GM furloughed another 139 of the nearly 1,000 employees at its Parma Metal Center stamping plant in Ohio after 5,000 UAW members launched a surprise strike at its Arlington Assembly Plant in Texas on Tuesday. The strike shut down production of the automaker’s full-size SUVs, including the Chevrolet Tahoe and Cadillac Escalade, and expanded the strike’s “ripple effect,” GM said in an emailed statement.
GM previously furloughed 137 workers at the Parma plant on Wednesday following UAW strikes at its assembly plants in Wentzville, Missouri and Lansing, Michigan.
Since the UAW strike began last month, the automaker has temporarily laid off nearly 2,500 employees at six facilities in five states.
