Stellantis, the corporate behind Fiat, Dodge, and Jeep, has introduced that it plans to halt one in every of its crops and lay off 1,200 staff come February. Its reasoning? Strain from COVID-19, positive, together with a splash of chip shortages — however primarily all these electrical automobiles it has to make.
The manufacturing facility in query is one which builds Jeep Cherokees in Illinois, and the information comes because the automaker is gearing up for union negotiations. Whereas United Auto Employees argues that “the transition to…
