Fiat Chrysler’s minivan plant in Canada has ended production following specialists declining to work amid worries of a worker getting the coronavirus.
There are no affirmed cases of COVID-19 at the plant, however, there is a representative “out on self-quarantine as a precaution because of possible secondary contact,” Fiat Chrysler said in an emailed statement Friday.
Windsor Assembly plant laborers exited mid-afternoon Thursday, and the office facility remains idle, as indicated by the organization and Canadian union Unifor, which represents the laborers.
“People are nervous,” Unifor President Jerry Dias told CNBC. “The unfortunate reality is, and I’m praying that I’m wrong, but, we’re going to be seeing a lot more of this … Things are changing so quickly … Every day you wake up and it’s worse.”
Dias said the union remains behind its individuals’ decision to not work on the off chance that they don’t have a sense of security. “People are afraid to catch something at work at taking it home to their children,” he said. “I understand why people are nervous.”
Fiat Chrysler said Canada’s Ministry of Labor visited the plant on Thursday to examine and decided its “protocols and work environment to be safe.”
“We are working with the local union and Unifor leadership as well as government officials to address this issue to restart production as soon as possible,” the company said. “We continue to monitor the situation carefully and take precautions to safeguard the health and welfare of the FCA family.”
Unifor represents over 315,000 individuals the nation over in significant sectors of the Canadian economy, including transportation, health care and automotive.
Dias said the union has distinguished a few individuals as testing positive for COVID-19, anyway none, as far as anyone is concerned, has worked in the automotive industry.
The Canadian government reports there have been over 150 affirmed cases of coronavirus in the nation, for the most part in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in self-isolation after his wife tested positive for the illness.
The Windsor Assembly plant employs almost 5,900 individuals, including over 5,600 hourly workers. It is situated in southern Ontario, over a river from downtown Detroit. The plant produces all renditions of the Chrysler Pacifica and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans.
Fiat Chrysler is the only automaker to affirm a plant representative tested positive for COVID-19. The organization on Thursday affirmed a UAW member at its Kokomo Transmission Plant in Indiana gotten the disease. The individuals who may have come into direct contact with the individual have been quarantined.
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