Jeep workers are just returning to the job at Chrysler ’s Toledo, Ohio Jeep plant after a four-week layoff, but it looks as though more of the same is in store for the Jeep workers. Chrysler plans to idle the plant for four more weeks this year – a two week stint beginning September 22nd and another set to begin on October 27th.
The news of further Jeep shutdowns doesn’t come as a huge shocker as Jeep sales are down this year in the wake of $4 gas. The Toledo plant produces the Jeep Wrangler and Patriot, as well as the Dodge Nitro.
Although the news of another round of layoffs is bad for the Jeep employees, it also spells trouble for the city of Toledo. Toledo has already fallen on hard times and the city stands to lose an additional $350,000 in tax revenue from the shutdowns, according to ABC’s Toledo affiliate.
