1,600 Layoffs Coming at Northern Illinois Jeep Cherokee Factory

Source NBC Local
Original Load Date May 15, 2021, 7:01 p.m.
Last Updated May 15, 2021, 7:01 p.m.
Original URL https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/1600-layoffs-coming-at-northern-illinois-jeep-cherokee-factory/2511154/

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Some 1,600 jobs are being cut at a Jeep Cherokee factory in northern Illinois as automakers continue being plagued by the global shortage of semiconductors. The U.S. arm of Stellantis, formerly known as Fiat Chrysler, said Friday it was cutting one of the two work shifts at its Belvidere Assembly P...