Workers and small businesses in Belvidere, Ill., are dealing with the aftermath of mass layoffs, after Stellantis idled its Jeep factory
Protecting jobs in the EV transition will be a top concern for the United Auto Workers union as it enters negotiations with Ford, General Motors and Stellantis this year for new multiyear labor contracts. Particularly vulnerable are the jobs and Midwestern communities that manufacture the gas-powered engines and transmissions not needed in an EV.to its U.S. salaried employees as it trims costs to pay for the EV transition.
Earlier this month, signs of the unease to come were on display in the UAW parking lot in Belvidere, where laid-off workers filed in and out of meetings to decipher their fate. Some with enough seniority can retire early with their pension benefits. Others can request a transfer to another plant out of state. Most complained that Stellantis was providing minimal information about their options.
“I’ll just go live in a little studio apartment somewhere till I get my time,” Aaron said. It’s not certain he will get a transfer, though — some of his friends who were laid off during an earlier downsizing at the factory two years ago still haven’t been offered a job at another Stellantis plant, he said.
“I started grinding my teeth after they told us — like, during the day, not just at night when I sleep,” said Smelser, who is dreading a transfer out of state. “All my family’s here, and I have a house ... plus I would go to a place where I’d be lucky to know, like, two or three people.” Victor said their cousin worked at the auto factory until the last round of downsizing, when he got transferred to Detroit. He left his family behind at their house in Belvidere so his kids could stay in school, and he rents an apartment in Detroit.
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