Stellantis has threatened to move Ram
1500 production to Mexico, union leader says
Posted By: NorthernDog, 8/21/2023 2:06:51 PM
Automaker Stellantis has threatened to move the production of Ram 1500 pickup trucks from suburban Detroit to Mexico, a union leader said Sunday. “Then it said they want to take their Ram 1500 [internal combustion engine] and send it to Mexico,” said United Auto Workers (UAW) vice president Rich Boyer at a “Sunday Solidarity” rally in Warren, Mich., on Sunday with hundreds of union members. Boyer, who leads the union’s Stellantis unit, said the automaker had discussed the move during the ongoing contract negotiations between UAW and the Big Three: Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. Negotiations began in early July
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Stellantis is making noises about making the EV trucks in Detroit and moving ICE engine trucks to Mexico. Of course, the EV production will never amount to much - and they all know it.