Re: Jeep Plant Shutdown Imperils Illinois Town and 1,350 Workers
Cydrome Leader <[email protected]> Sun, 25 Dec 2022 22:57:09 -0000 (UTC)
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In chi.general Leroy N. Soetoro <[email protected]> wrote: > https://news.yahoo.com/jeep-plant-shutdown-imperils-illinois- > 191012171.html > > BELVIDERE, Ill. ? The Jeep Cherokee was a strong seller just a few years > ago. In 2019, a plant in Belvidere produced about 190,000 of the sport > utility vehicles, employing close to 5,000 people and operating three > shifts a day. > > Since then, sales have fallen. The factory laid off the third shift, and > then the second. This year it is on track to make fewer than 20,000 > vehicles. > > Even so, it was a shock when the manufacturer, Stellantis, announced this > month that the 57-year-old plant would shut down indefinitely at the end > of February, putting 1,350 people out of work. And there is fear across > the area, an hour?s drive west of Chicago, that ?indefinitely? could mean > forever. Maybe Novartis can take over the plant and make drugs there.