About 500 Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. autoworkers have been laid off as a knock-off effect of the United Auto Workers strike, which entered its third week. A Ford
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130 workers at a plant near Cleveland and 34 workers at a facility in Indiana were laid off. Both factories make metal parts used at GM assembly plants that are dark because of the walkouts. The union has extended strike pay of $500 a week to workers laid off as a result of the labor action. At the start of the strike, the UAW had a strike fund of $825 million. Shares of Ford dropped 2% in midday trading Tuesday, while GM’s stock fell 3.3% amid weakness in the broad U.S. equity market. Related: UAW strike brings fight to consumers, worsening car-parts shortages already plaguing the industry For Ford, the week’s layoffs were in addition to the 600 workers laid off from Ford’s Michigan assembl …
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