The laid off was due to Kentucky Truck, Chicago Assembly stoppages

In a latest release, more than 550 additional Ford employees are said to be off the job at the start of the week as a result of the UAW strike.

According to Ford, nearly 2,500 employees have been laid off since the strike began.

More than 550 Ford employees were told not to report to work today as a result of the UAW strike, the auto company said.

In a release, it said the following: “Our production system is highly interconnected, which means the UAW’s targeted strike strategy has knock-on effects for facilities that are not directly targeted for a work stoppage. In this case, the strike at Kentucky Truck Plant and Chicago Assembly Plant has directly impacted operations at several other facilities.”

Most recent round of Ford layoffs as seen in the news:

306 employees at Sharonville Transmission Plant
100 employees at Dearborn Stamping Plant
65 employees at Dearborn Diversified Manufacturing Plant
45 employees at Rawsonville Components Plant
29 employees at Sterling Axle Plant
12 employees at Chicago Stamping Plant

Ford also said the facilities impacted are reducing the production of parts that would have been shipped to the Chicago and Kentucky plants.