About 700 workers request buyouts at FCA minivan plant

windsor_underbody_partition2ddmnm503nm90fj9hgfgj5ibmh.jpg — A weld curtain hangs between two operators working on the underbody of a Dodge Grand Caravan at FCA’s Windsor assembly plant. The barrier helps protect employees from the spread and transmission of COVID-19. (FCA)

June 18, 2020 05:20 PM

Canada's Unifor union says between 600 and 750 of its members at the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles minivan plant in Windsor, Canada, have requested early-retirement incentive packages as the automaker prepares to cut a shift of production there.

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