GM White-Collar Staff Roll Up Sleeves to Make In-Demand Pickups
- Virus causes high absenteeism at plant making popular trucks
- UAW protests temporarily replacement of hourly employees
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General Motors Co. is using salaried staff for assembly-line work at its Missouri truck plant to cope with high absenteeism and strong demand for the pickups made at the factory.
The decision to put white-collar employees on the production floor is a temporary move as GM shifts unionized hourly workers from other plants to its Wentzville, Missouri, factory, which makes the popular mid-sized Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon trucks.