03-04-2025
Stellantis temporarily lays off 900 workers amid Trump tariffs
DETROIT, Mich. (WTVO) — Automaker Stellantis said on Thursday it will be temporarily laying off 900 workers after President Donald Trump's tariffs were announced.
Stellantis said it would also pause production at a plant in Mexico and another in Canada, according to .
The company will also shut down its Windsor Assembly, where the Chrysler Pacifica and Voyager are made, along with the Dodge Charger Daytona, for two weeks. The Toluca Assembly in Mexico, which makes the Jeep Compass and Wagoneer S, will be shut for the month of April.
Stellantis' chief operating officer for the Americas, Antonio Filosa, sent a letter to employees Thursday, saying the company was 'continuing to assess the medium- and long-term effects of these tariffs on our operations, but also have decided to take some immediate actions, including temporarily pausing production at some of our Canadian and Mexican assembly plants. Those actions will impact some employees at several of our U.S. powertrain and stamping facilities that support those operations.'
Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers union, responded by saying, 'Stellantis continues to play games with workers' lives. As we've shown time and again, they've got the money, the capacity, the product, and the workforce to employ thousands more UAW members in Michigan, Indiana, and beyond. These layoffs are a completely unnecessary choice that the company is making.'
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