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One week into 12-hour, seven-day schedule at Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly, workers describe manpower shortages, harassment Join the fight! The WSWS is assisting workers at Sterling Heights and other auto plants in organizing rank-and-file committees to oppose unsafe working conditions and the betrayals of the United Auto Workers. For more information, write to us [email protected] . After last week’s beginning of mandatory 12-hour, seven-day work schedules without overtime for skilled trades, workers have reported overwork and manpower shortages at Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (SHAP). While so-called “alternative work schedules” (AWS) have been used for production workers since the bailout of the auto industry under Obama in 2009, this is the first instance of it being applied to skilled trades, making it an important test case for the auto companies. ....
Semiconductor shortage continues to roil global auto industry, fueling geopolitical tensions An ongoing shortage of semiconductor chips is continuing to reverberate throughout the global economy, particularly impacting the auto industry and disrupting production at virtually every major automaker in recent months. General Motors and Ford Motor Company both announced new temporary plant shutdowns on Thursday. GM is halting production at six of its North American factories, including the Spring Hill Assembly plant in Tennessee, the Lansing Delta Township and Lansing Grand River plants in Michigan, and the Ramos Arizpe Assembly plant in Mexico. In addition, previously announced shutdowns at the Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas and the CAMI Ingersoll plant in Ontario, Canada, will both be extended until at least May 10. ....
Autoworkers speak out against 84-hour workweek for skilled trades at Sterling Heights Assembly Plant: “It seems like torture” This week, Stellantis began its Alternative Work Schedule (AWS) for skilled tradespeople at its Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (SHAP) north of Detroit. This brutal schedule, also known as 12/7, entails 12-hour workdays for seven days straight with no overtime pay, followed by seven days off. The AWS at the plant is the first of its kind for skilled trades in the auto industry, made possible through concessions granted to the company by the United Auto Workers union in the 2019 contract. It represents a further attack on the eight-hour day in the auto industry, which had already been substantially eroded when the UAW agreed to allow AWS for production workers a decade ago. ....
Industry Group Pushes Biden to Spend on Chip Production CEO pushes administration to ensure production for U.S. companies. Automakers keep pressuring the Biden administration to find a way to resolve the semiconductor shortage and ensure it doesn’t happen again. The chorus of voices calling for the Biden administration to assist with the ongoing semiconductor shortage got another member today. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation implored the U.S. Commerce Department to secure dedicated funding to expand U.S. semiconductor production, in particular to address the needs of the automotive industry. The prolonged battle automakers have waged trying to secure chips to keep production lines rolling as the country emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic has been a seesaw affair. U.S.-based auto plants have been forced to eliminate overtime, slow down and shut down production at facilities across the country. ....
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