Layoffs Hit Five U.S. Auto Plants That Supply Factories in Canada and Mexico

Stellantis has “paused production” at some of its Canadian and Mexican auto assembly plants due to the newly announced tariffs—and as a result, some U.S. workers will also be temporarily laid off, CNN's Chris Isidore reported.

The affected U.S. employees work at five different Midwest plants: the Warren Stamping and Sterling Stamping plants in Michigan, as well as the Indiana Transmission Plant, Kokomo Transmission Plant, and Kokomo Casting Plant, all in Kokomo, Indiana. I Photo: Stellantis

Among those to be laid off are 900 U.S. hourly employees who manufacture powertrains and stampings that supply the affected Canadian and Mexican plants, Stellantis said. The temporary layoffs are due to reduced production triggered by the tariffs.

The affected U.S. employees work at five different Midwest plants: the Warren Stamping and Sterling Stamping plants in Michigan, as well as the Indiana Transmission Plant, Kokomo Transmission Plant, and Kokomo Casting Plant, all in Kokomo, Indiana.

Most of these workers at the five U.S. plants will not immediately lose pay due to the terms of their union contract. However, there remains a risk of lost wages, even with union protections, if the shutdowns at the Mexican and Canadian plants are prolonged.

Stellantis’s assembly plant in Windsor, Ontario—which produces the Chrysler Pacifica and Voyager, as well as the Dodge Charger Daytona—will be closed for two weeks starting Monday.

That plant employs 4,500 hourly workers. Also starting Monday, Stellantis’s assembly plant in Toluca, Mexico, which manufactures the Jeep Compass and electric Wagoneer S, will be closed for the remainder of April. The Toluca plant employs 2,400 hourly workers.