Nearly one in four of UAW Local 588 members were laid off from Ford's Chicago Heights stamping plant on Saturday.
Amid an ongoing UAW strike at the Ford Chicago Assembly Plant, hundreds of workers are being laid off at a Chicago Heights, IL stamping plant.The layoffs were announced over the weekend, including 243 At the Chicago Heights plant alone.
Nearly one in four of their members were laid off from Ford's Chicago Heights stamping plant on Saturday, a direct consequence of workers from Ford's South Side assembly plantagainst the Big Three automakers. Chicago's South Side Assembly plant is the sole producer of the Ford Explorer, one of the company's top sellers. It's more than 4,500 employees were called to strike Friday. On Tuesday, picketers expressed sympathy for those laid off at the Chicago Heights plant.
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