Workers nervously eye return to Lear's plant in Mexico

Lear Mexico — A Lear worker has her temperature taken while arriving for a training course to learn the new security measures at the plant before resuming operations during the coronavirus disease outbreak in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, last week. (REUTERS)

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June 01, 2020 02:35 PM

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- Lear Corp. is implementing costly safety measures that may hurt productivity at its operations in Mexico after suffering the deadliest known factory-related coronavirus outbreak in the Americas, but the U.S. auto supplier still faces a battle to win back workers' trust.

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