UAW: 2 More Fiat Chrysler Workers Dead of COVID-19
Eric D. Lawrence
Detroit Free Press
4:39 p.m. ET April 15, 2020
The UAW has confirmed that two union members who work at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' Sterling Stamping Plant have died of the coronavirus.
The deaths of workers from the facility in Macomb County's Sterling Heights happened on Tuesday, and add to the growing toll COVID-19 has taken on autoworkers in the Detroit area.
The Detroit Three's manufacturing plants are currently shut down, and it is not clear where the deceased union workers, who now number close to two dozen, contracted the virus. As with other workers who have died, details are limited, but the latest reported fatalities were among members of UAW Local 1264.
"We have sad news to report out of Sterling Heights Stamping as two UAW members have passed from this national pandemic. The UAW extends our condolences to their family, friends and coworkers during this difficult time," according to Brian Rothenberg, a UAW spokesman.
Local President LaShawn English asked members to "please keep these families and each other in prayer" in a Facebook post, which drew more than a dozen comments and almost 75 reactions Wednesday afternoon.
The plant employs more than 2,200 workers producing stampings and assemblies for the Dodge Grand Caravan and Durango, Chrysler Pacifica, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Cherokee and Ram trucks, according to information posted on an FCA website.
FCA, with 15 UAW-represented employees and one non-union worker confirmed as dying of the virus, has been bit hardest among the Detroit Three. Ford had eight reported deaths as of Monday, and General Motors, which has had cases of the virus among its workers, has had no reported deaths.
The UAW or company officials have confirmed the following 24 deaths since March 22:
Two FCA workers from Sterling Stamping.
Three FCA workers from Sterling Heights Assembly Plant
An FCA worker from the Kokomo Transmission Plant in Indiana
Four FCA workers from Warren Truck
An FCA worker from FCA Transport in Sterling Heights
Two FCA workers from MOPAR parts distribution center in Center Line
An FCA worker from the Warren Stamping Plant
An FCA worker from the Chelsea Proving Grounds
An FCA non-union employee at the company's Auburn Hills offices
Ford worker in skilled trades from the Ford Data Center in Dearborn
A Ford worker from Dearborn Diversified Manufacturing Plant in Dearborn
A Ford worker from Dearborn Stamping
A Ford worker from Michigan Assembly in Wayne
Three Ford workers from the Livonia Transmission Plant
A Ford worker from the Chicago Assembly Plant
Detroit Free Press
4:39 p.m. ET April 15, 2020
The UAW has confirmed that two union members who work at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' Sterling Stamping Plant have died of the coronavirus.
The deaths of workers from the facility in Macomb County's Sterling Heights happened on Tuesday, and add to the growing toll COVID-19 has taken on autoworkers in the Detroit area.
The Detroit Three's manufacturing plants are currently shut down, and it is not clear where the deceased union workers, who now number close to two dozen, contracted the virus. As with other workers who have died, details are limited, but the latest reported fatalities were among members of UAW Local 1264.
"We have sad news to report out of Sterling Heights Stamping as two UAW members have passed from this national pandemic. The UAW extends our condolences to their family, friends and coworkers during this difficult time," according to Brian Rothenberg, a UAW spokesman.
Local President LaShawn English asked members to "please keep these families and each other in prayer" in a Facebook post, which drew more than a dozen comments and almost 75 reactions Wednesday afternoon.
The plant employs more than 2,200 workers producing stampings and assemblies for the Dodge Grand Caravan and Durango, Chrysler Pacifica, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Cherokee and Ram trucks, according to information posted on an FCA website.
FCA, with 15 UAW-represented employees and one non-union worker confirmed as dying of the virus, has been bit hardest among the Detroit Three. Ford had eight reported deaths as of Monday, and General Motors, which has had cases of the virus among its workers, has had no reported deaths.
The UAW or company officials have confirmed the following 24 deaths since March 22:
Two FCA workers from Sterling Stamping.
Three FCA workers from Sterling Heights Assembly Plant
An FCA worker from the Kokomo Transmission Plant in Indiana
Four FCA workers from Warren Truck
An FCA worker from FCA Transport in Sterling Heights
Two FCA workers from MOPAR parts distribution center in Center Line
An FCA worker from the Warren Stamping Plant
An FCA worker from the Chelsea Proving Grounds
An FCA non-union employee at the company's Auburn Hills offices
Ford worker in skilled trades from the Ford Data Center in Dearborn
A Ford worker from Dearborn Diversified Manufacturing Plant in Dearborn
A Ford worker from Dearborn Stamping
A Ford worker from Michigan Assembly in Wayne
Three Ford workers from the Livonia Transmission Plant
A Ford worker from the Chicago Assembly Plant
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