These hard working people went on strike for six weeks.  The UAW did not fight the Biden/Harris EV mandate, which has caught this car company billions of dollars and thousands of jobs.  Now the agreement is not even dry and ANOTHER 2500 workers have lost their jobs—but they pay dues, just to lose their job.

But there is another angle to this.  “There are about 3,700 workers at the plant represented by the United Auto Workers union. Union members who are laid off will receive 52 weeks of supplemental unemployment benefits paid by the company, and 52 weeks of transition assistance, Stellantis confirmed. They will also receive two years of healthcare coverage.”

Now you know why cars are so expensive—TWO years of pay and benefits.  Watch as AI and technology take more jobs—just to save the industry.

“Stellantis to cut nearly 2.5K union workers as Ram Classic truck production ends

By Reuters, 8/9/24   https://nypost.com/2024/08/09/business/stellantis-to-cut-nearly-2-5k-union-workers-as-ram-classic-truck-production-ends/

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Chrysler parent Stellantis is laying off as many as 2,450 factory workers from its Warren Truck assembly plant outside of Detroit as the automaker ends production of the Ram 1500 Classic truck.

The layoffs will be effective as early as Oct. 8, the company said, as the plant moves from a two-shift to a one-shift operating pattern in general assembly. Production of the Jeep Wagoneer at the same facility will remain on two shifts, the company said.

As production of the Ram 1500 Classic winds down later this year, the company is shifting focus to the Ram 1500 Tradesman truck, produced at its Sterling Heights Assembly facility.

“We introduced the new 2025 Ram 1500 Tradesman with incredible value and content. The upgraded electrical architecture allows new technologies useful to commercial fleets for better tracking and improved safety systems,” a company spokeswoman said.

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There are about 3,700 workers at the plant represented by the United Auto Workers union. Union members who are laid off will receive 52 weeks of supplemental unemployment benefits paid by the company, and 52 weeks of transition assistance, Stellantis confirmed. They will also receive two years of healthcare coverage.

The UAW forged new labor deals with Stellantis last fall, after a historic six-week walkout.

Stellantis last week said it was offering a new round of voluntary buyouts to its US salaried workers, the latest in a series of cost-cutting measures CEO Carlos Tavares is implementing at the company’s American operations.

At the company’s Investor Day in June, Tavares cited weaknesses in at least two of its US plants, but declined to name them.