The global semiconductor shortage is still wreaking havoc in several industries, including the automotive business, where more and more carmakers are forced to temporarily suspend their operations simply because they don’t have any chips to install on their models.
Chip Shortages Hit Ford Truck Production
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Chip Shortages Hit Ford Truck Production
Other automakers making cuts too.
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During a week in which it acknowledged the importance of F-150, Ford Motor Co. also halted the assembly lines at two critical plants that build pickup trucks due to semiconductor issues, Ford said.
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Stellantis NV is hiring blue-collar workers in Metro Detroit, while the Jeep and Ram maker as well as Ford Motor Co. are idling some plants in need of microchips that are in short supply around the world.
Stellantis on Wednesday promoted the immediate job openings on social media. The starting supplemental production operators begin at $15.78 per hour for those 18 years of age or older. The openings, spokeswoman Jodi Tinson said, are to fill the pipeline for positions as they become available in plants in Detroit, Sterling Heights and Warren that make Ram trucks and Jeep SUVs.
Job seekers can apply at careers.fcagroup.com.
$110 billion in revenue and 3.9 million production vehicles this year due to the semiconductor shortage.
Fordannounced shift reductions and additional downtime for two plants in Michigan and Kentucky for the week of May 24, impacting production of the
F-150, and the Escape and Lincoln Corsair SUVs.
A record 10% increase in
used vehicle prices between March and April accounted for approximately one-third of the overall rise in the most recent Consumer Price Index.
The
Mexican Labor Ministryinvalidated a union vote at a GM plant in Silao after
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai asked the Mexican government to examine allegations that employees’ rights were denied; this marks the first time the federal government initiated an action under the USMCA’s labor dispute enforcement tool.
$110 billion in revenue and
3.9 million production vehicles this year due to the semiconductor shortage.
Ford announced shift reductions and additional downtime for two plants in Michigan and Kentucky for the week of May 24, impacting production of the
F-150, and the Escape and Lincoln Corsair SUVs.
A record 10% increase in
used vehicle prices between March and April accounted for approximately one-third of the overall rise in the most recent Consumer Price Index.
The
Mexican Labor Ministry invalidated a union vote at a GM plant in Silao after
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai asked the Mexican government to examine allegations that employees’ rights were denied; this marks the first time the federal government initiated an action under the USMCA’s labor dispute enforcement tool.