UAW president Shawn Fain has hit out at Stellantis over recent employment cuts, which occurred less than a year after the union secured a new long-term contract with the car manufacturer.
Stellantis said it would invest an additional $19 billion into the U.S., increase wages by 25%, and provide more than 3,000 temporary workers with full-time employment as part of its new contract with the UAW. Despite this, Stellantis recently fired 199 full-time workers at the Ram 1500 plant, axed 400 engineering, technology, and software jobs in March, and will also reduce its Italian workforce by 8%.
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