In an internal company memo seen by AutoNews, Stellantis noted that its interim leader, Chairman John Elkann, met with President Trump ahead of the Inauguration to discuss the aut
The UAW announced it would suspend its grievances against the company after Stellantis announced it would reopen the Belvidere plant in Illinois and call back 1,500 workers, and make major investments in others, including its Detroit Assembly Plant.
If there’s one thing America loves, it’s a good comeback story, and Stellantis is delivering one for the ages.
The efforts of the United Auto Workers bureaucracy to collaborate with Trump, based on their shared "America First" economic nationalism, have accelerated in since the inauguration.
The United Automobile Workers union has been pressing the automaker, which owns Chrysler and Jeep, to revive the plant in Belvidere, Ill.
In the final days of the Biden presidency the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed filed a pair of significant anti-discrimination lawsuits.
There's a void in the midsize truck segment found in Auburn Hills, Michigan these dats. Since the departure of Dodge's Dakota, the FCA-turned-Stellantis chunk of the medium pickup category has been empty, but a leaked memo obtained by Crain’s Chicago Business makes clear that's set to change soon.
Among other agreements, Stellantis will reopen the Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois in 2027 to produce a new midsize truck.
The UAW believed the company was going back on its plant investment commitments. Now, as Trump takes office, the automaker has renewed its U.S. plans.
Saving the Belvidere factory from permanent closure was a key part of a new contract with the United Auto Workers in 2023. Stellantis originally agreed to make an electric truck at Belvidere, create a new EV battery facility and expand its parts-distribution facility into a regional megahub.
John Elkann, chairman of Jeep-maker Stellantis, wasted no time reassuring President Trump of the global automaker’s commitment to U.S. manufacturing. The scion of Italy’s famous Agnelli family met with Trump last week to emphasize the company’s support for American workers.
Chrysler parent Stellantis is moving forward with plans to build a new midsize pickup truck in Belvidere, Illinois, the company said on Wednesday, ending months of conflict with the United