Chrysler's Windsor plant will have rotating layoffs

Associated Press

October 20, 2008 10:36 pm

— WINDSOR, Ontario -- Chrysler will lay off workers on one shift at its Windsor, Ontario, assembly plant on a rotating basis over the next three weeks.
The automaker says it will eliminate the afternoon shift for the first two weeks, then lay off the midnight shift in the third week.
The assembly plant produces minivans and has about 5,000 workers, with between 1,200 and 1,500 workers per shift.
Chrysler LLC says it will re-evaluate the situation after three weeks, but the local union president says he fears the layoffs will be extended.