Labor Caucus Calls Out Stellantis for Broken Promises to Workers
October 24, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressional Labor Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mark Pocan (D-WI), and Donald Norcross (D-NJ led 55 Members of Congress in calling on Stellantis to follow through on promises to workers to invest in its domestic workforce.
“Given the significant governmental financial support for Stellantis over the years, we have become alarmed by a steady stream of reports indicating your plans to lay off auto workers and move production out of the United States, and that you are failing to honor contractual commitments that Stellantis made as part of the 2023 national collective bargaining agreement with the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW),” the members wrote in a letter to the Stellantis Board of Directors.
“Taxpayers are currently funding consumer incentives for several Stellantis vehicles and Stellantis is slated to receive $585 million under the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program. Under this program, Stellantis is on track to pocket $335 million to reopen the Belvidere Assembly plant in Belvidere, Illinois. As stewards of taxpayer funding, we have a responsibility to ensure these investments benefit the public interest,” the Members continued. “We hope it is clear to you that the American people will not tolerate taxpayer subsidies for a company that is cutting production and slashing jobs – all the while it increases executive compensation, dividends to shareholders, and stock buybacks.”
In September, the Labor Caucus Co-Chairs expressed their concern about reports that Stellantis was planning to outsource thousands of union jobs.
A full copy of the letter can be found here.
The letter was signed by 55 Members of Congress, including: Reps. Joyce Beatty; Jamaal Bowman; Shontel Brown; Nikki Budzinski; Cori Bush; André Carson; Greg Casar; Danny Davis; Rosa DeLauro; Chris Deluzio; Mark DeSaulnier; Debbie Dingell; Lloyd Doggett; Bill Foster; Maxwell Frost; Jesús García; Val Hoyle; Pramila Jayapal; Marcy Kaptur; Timothy Kennedy; Ro Khanna; Daniel Kildee; Greg Landsman; Barbara Lee; Summer Lee; Stephen Lynch; Morgan McGarvey; James McGovern; Frank Mrvan Donald Norcross; Eleanor Norton; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; Ilhan Omar; Nancy Pelosi; Mark Pocan; Katie Porter; Ayanna Pressley; Delia Ramirez; Linda Sánchez; Janice Schakowsky; Adam Schiff; Hillary Scholten; Elissa Slotkin; Eric Sorensen; Melanie Stansbury; Haley Stevens; Thomas Suozzi; Emilia Sykes; Mark Takano; Shri Thanedar; Rashida Tlaib; Paul Tonko; Ritchie Torres; Nydia Velázquez; Maxine Waters; and Susan Wild.