Stellantis on Thursday said that an additional 100 workers are being temporarily laid off, effective Oct. 23, at the automaker’s Toledo Machining Plant in Perrysburg, Ohio. The company has already laid off 70 workers at the plant, bringing the total to 170.
Stellantis confirmed in an email that the layoffs are a result of the ongoing UAW strike that targeted its Toledo Assembly Complex, which supplies parts for the Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Wrangler 4xe and Jeep Gladiator. The facility has reached maximum inventory level.
"The UAW’s decision to take strike action at the Toledo Assembly Complex (TAC), has now resulted in further temporary layoffs," the automaker said in an email.
The Toledo Assembly Complex was one of the first Big Three plants targeted by the UAW when the union began its strike last month.
Approximately 7,800 UAW members are striking Stellantis, which has resulted in temporary layoffs of 1,520 employees. Prior to the latest round of layoffs, Stellantis had furloughed more than 1,400 employees at four facilities in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio since the strike began last month.
“Stellantis continues to closely monitor the impact of the UAW strike action on our manufacturing operations," a company spokesperson said in an email.
In addition to the UAW strike in the U.S. affecting its manufacturing operations, Stellantis is also negotiating a new labor agreement with Unifor, which represents more than 8,200 of the automaker’s workers in Canada. Unifor officially began talks with Stellantis early this week. The union set a strike deadline for Oct. 29 at 11:59 p.m. if a new agreement cannot be reached.
Also this week, Stellantis said it was pulling out of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The decision to pull out of CES was made to reduce the company’s expenses as it deals with the financial effects of the UAW strike that targeted its Toledo Assembly Complex.
