GM has temporarily paused production of the Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV at its Orion plant in Michigan after an altercation between two co-workers at the facility led to the death of a 48-year-old man.
According to The Detroit Free Press, police were called to GM’s Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich. at 1:37 a.m. on Thursday morning, where they found the victim “unconscious and bleeding.” The suspect was found in a dock area not far from where the victim was located, and police say the “item used in the slaying,” was also recovered. The suspect was taken into custody without further incident.
Details of the altercation are murky, however the altercation happened off production hours at the plant and did not involve GM employees, but rather two employees of a cleaning company that had been contracted by the automaker. Oakland County Sheriff’s Communications Officer Steve Huber said detectives will present the case to prosecutors this week to lay possible homicide charges.
In a statement released Thursday, GM said it was cooperating with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office over what it described as “an altercation between two employees of a third-party service provider at Orion Assembly early Thursday morning.” GM also offered its thoughts and prayers to the victim’s family.
GM cancelled this morning’s day shift at Orion Assembly, which typically begins at 6 a.m. and runs to 2:30 p.m., The Detroit Free Press reports. It’s currently unclear when production at the facility will restart.
GM began production of the 2023 model year Bolt EV and Bolt EUV at Orion Assembly on on July 21st, 2022. The online configurator tools for both models are also now live on Chevy’s website.
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I wonder if the workers whose shift was cancelled still get a paycheck despite the cancellation.
Someone was killed and your priority is if the next shift will get paid for not working?
Who the hell do you think you are to insinuate that I do not care about anyone who is killed?
He said your priority and your message certainly conveyed that message. Your first thought was, does the next shift still get paid?
My first thought after reading your comment – This guy must be in a union.
Nahhhh… I think StuartH was one of the employees that were sent home from his shift…
with your comment, you left the impression that you had “other” concerns…
Either you are trolling the UAW contract benefit of short work week, or are concerned for your paycheck. Either way not showing compassion for a deceased fellow human being first is typical of gen Y.
Life must proceed for the living not the deceased, Joseph Biden 6/15/2021
I believe the benefit is if they are a permanent union employee with at least 1 year seniority, and they didn’t work at least 40 hours in the week, then the missing hours are made up at 80% pay.
Basically, they can schedule extra hours to compensate before the end of the week.
Saturday straight time make up is possible.
It was a member of an outside cleaning company that they had working for them, but still a sad event anyhow.
Can a person purchase a bolt Chevy from the manufacturer