In the case of the recent snow storm in Illinois, Chrysler Group decided to continue its second shift operation at the Belvidere Assembly Plant on Tuesday, Feb. 1 as conditions at the time did not warrant an early release. In fact, nearly all second shift employees reported for work. Some assembly employees, however, were sent home early due to a parts shortage. For those employees that chose not to be on the road after their shift, the Company and the UAW made overnight accommodations available to them.
Across Chrysler Group’s manufacturing operations, essential personnel were told to report to work during the peak of the storm in spite of decisions to cancel production shifts. The third shift – which is primarily a maintenance shift – at the Belvidere facility is considered an essential and critical operation and therefore, a decision was made not to cancel it.
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