Over a thousand automotive workers in Illinois will clock out of a Jeep assembly plant for the last time Tuesday, stopping what a local union president described as the 'heartbeat' of the small city.
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Stellantis' decision to leave Belvidere leaves many of the city's 25,000 residents with an uncertain future, with some former employees driven to relocate to fully obtain benefits and those left behind unsure about the long-term viability of their community without the factory that served as the town's economic anchor.Scott Olson/Getty Images
Logan said he was given the same reasons for the factory closure – a combination of the cost of electrification, COVID, and the chip shortage – though he said he struggles to rationalize how such a profitable company, along with the tax incentives for American manufacturing, would still decide to shutter a state-of-the-art facility.
"This means we will need to rethink and restructure our operations everywhere in the world, including in North America," she wrote. "Can you imagine an option where you've worked for a company for, let's say, 17, 18 years, when you're two years away from a pension … and your only option to keep your pension is to move to Toledo, Ohio, 600 miles away, to try to just keep your job," Snow said.
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