GM announced on Wednesday that it had to cease production at the Fairfax assembly plant in the state of Kansas due to a lack of supplies for manufacturing vehicles. The plant shutdown resulted in the temporary layoff of around 2,000 people.
The shortage of components is in turn a consequence of the strike which has affected the GM plant in Wentzville, in the state of Missouri, since Friday.
Also this Wednesday, Stellantis announced that it had to temporarily lay off 370 workers in three factories in the states of Ohio and Indiana because they produce components for the Toledo factory, also on strike since Friday.
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union launched strikes Friday at these two GM and Stellantis plants, as well as at the Ford plant in Michigan, due to the lack of agreement to sign a new collective agreement. The strike currently affects around 12,500 workers from the three companies.
The union warned that if there was no agreement before midnight on September 22, the strike would spread to other factories of the three main American automakers.
The UAW also announced Wednesday that approximately 190 workers at ZF, which supplies parts to the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Alabama, have gone on strike to demand higher wages and benefits. health.
ZF supplies front axles for automobile manufacturing to the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
The Mercedes-Benz plant employs around 6,300 people who produce the GLE, GLE coupe and GLS SUVs, as well as the electric EQS and EQE.
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