Fort Wayne GM plant to temporarily layoff workers again due to global shortage of semiconductor chips
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Fort Wayne’s NBC) - Leaders with General Motors confirmed with Fort Wayne’s NBC News that they will temporarily layoff workers at its Fort Wayne Assembly plant again due to a global shortage of semiconductor micro chips.
Officials with General Motors confirmed the details on Tuesday with Fort Wayne’s NBC News. Leaders said they will temporarily layoff workers for the week of August 9th. They added other GM plants will undergo a similar move.
Officials shared the following General Motors plants will temporarily layoff workers the week of August 9th:
- Fort Wayne Assembly (Indiana)
Produces the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500
- Flint Assembly (Michigan)
Produces the Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD trucks
- Lansing Delta Township Assembly (Michigan)
Produces the Chevrolet Traverse and the Buick Enclave
- Silao Assembly (Mexico)
Produces the Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Cheyenne (for Mexico), and GMC Sierra 1500
The plants in Fort Wayne, Flint, and Silao are expected to resume full production on Monday, August 16th, officials said.
Leaders said the following GM plants will temporarily layoff workers for the weeks of August 23rd and August 30th:
- San Luis Potosi Assembly (Mexico)
Produces the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain
- CAMI Assembly (Canada)
Produces the Chevrolet Equinox
The following GM plants have been down since Monday, July 19th, and are expected to resume full production on Monday, August 9th, officials confirmed.
- Spring Hill Assembly (Tennessee)
Produces the Cadillac XT5, Cadillac XT6, and GMC Acadia
- Ramos Assembly (Mexico)
Produces the Chevrolet Blazer, and Chevrolet Equinox
Both plants have been down since Monday, July 19th, officials shared, and had been scheduled to resume full production on Monday, August 23rd. However, leaders now confirm both facilities will temporarily layoff workers the weeks of August 23rd and August 30th.
A leader with General Motors shared the following statement with Fort Wayne’s NBC News on Tuesday:
“We can confirm that both Spring Hill Assembly and Ramos Assembly will resume regular production on Monday, August 9. However, the global semiconductor shortage remains complex and very fluid. GM’s global purchasing and supply chain, engineering and manufacturing teams continue to find creative solutions and make strides working with the supply base to minimize the impact to our highest-demand and capacity-constrained vehicles, including full-size trucks and SUVs for our customers. The recent scheduling adjustments have been driven by temporary parts shortages caused by semiconductor supply constraints from international markets experiencing COVID-19-related restrictions. This period will provide us with the opportunity to complete unfinished vehicles at the impacted assembly plants and ship those units to dealers to help meet the strong customer demand for our products,” wrote David Barnas, a GM group manager.
Barnas added employees will receive a combination of state unemployment benefits and GM sub pay.
On July 22nd, Fort Wayne’s NBC News talked with a leader with the Local UAW 2209 about the previous work pause.
“We don’t want to see a shift laid off because the people become free agents and they get offered to go to other plants and they don’t really want to,” said Rich Le Tourneau, bargaining chairman with Local UAW 2209. “So we want to make sure everybody stays working here long-term. You know, if we lose a day or so, if we lose a week or so, that’s one thing. We start going out to three, four, five weeks, and we don’t see that as of today, but we certainly don’t want that to happen.”
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