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March 31, 2020

GE and Ford to Produce 50,000 Ventilators as GE Workers in MA Demand Company Rehire Fired Workers
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In Michigan, Ford Motor Company and General Electric will produce 50,000
ventilators over the next 100 days to help fulfill the dire need for the
life-saving device at hospitals across the country. The companies say
they can produce 30,000 units per month as long as hospitals need them.

The announcement came as GE workers in Massachusetts staged a protest to
demand the facility where they work - which normally manufactures jet
engines - start producing ventilators and rehire thousands of recently
laid-off workers. GE announced last week it was firing 10% of its
domestic aviation workforce due to staggering losses experienced by the
airline industry because of the coronavirus pandemic.


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