WENTZVILLE, Mo. — General Motors workers were notified Thursday that the Wentzville assembly plant will resume operations Monday, April 12, according to Mayor Nick Guccione.
The news was also confirmed by Fred Jamison, the president of United Auto Workers Local 2250.
It will have been exactly two weeks since the plant shut down production because of a shortage of semiconductors, a situation that persists in other GM plants and along the global supply chain.
The restart will bring back 3,500 employees to work in the St. Charles County facility. GM is the largest employer in Wentzville, a city of 38,841 people.
"This is good news for Wentzville as a city and it's good to see so many people going back to work," Guccione said.
Wentzville GM workers assemble the Chevrolet Colorado and the GMC Canyon midsize trucks.
At the time the shutdown was announced on March 24, the Wentzville facility was one of seven plants in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Korea to be affected by the global semiconductor shortage.
In an earlier statement, GM officials said their intent is to make up as much production lost at the temporarily-idled plants, as possible.