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        <title><![CDATA[Reopened US car factories see coronavirus cases as production rolls on]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the week since US auto factories reopened after coronavirus lockdowns, workers at all three Detroit automakers have tested positive for COVID-19 but only Ford has temporarily closed plants.</p><p>The US auto industry reopened many plants last week after a two-month shutdown due to the global pandemic. To ensure safety during the outbreak, companies imposed new safety measures, including screening employees, use of face masks and social distancing.</p><p>Ford paused production at its Claycomo, Mo., plant for an hour on Tuesday after a worker tested positive. Work resumed at the plant, which builds the F-150 pickup truck and Transit van, without workers being sent home following a deep cleaning, Ford spokeswoman Kelli Felker said Wednesday.</p><p>General Motors and <strong>Fiat Chrysler</strong> said Wednesday they have had workers test positive since the restart, but have not been forced to idle plants. They did not disclose the number of workers affected.</p><p>On Wednesday, a union leader at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant said on Twitter a worker there tested positive, but had not worked since May 21. Felker said the plant never closed.</p><p>Last week, Ford closed two assembly plants, due to a positive test at its Dearborn, Mich., factory and a parts shortage due to <strong>a positive test at a supplier that closed the Chicago plant</strong>. It had marked the second consecutive day for closures in Chicago following two positive tests.</p><p>United Auto Workers Local 600, which represents hourly workers in Dearborn, last week demanded testing for every worker there and that Ford shut down the plant for 24 hours after a positive test. Ford said the safety of its workers is a top priority and cited the safety measures it has developed in conjunction with the UAW.</p><p>In Mexico, Ford told workers it was targeting a May 28 restart at its Hermosillo plant. GM and FCA have restarted operations in Mexico.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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