I’d call it an investment. Reopening Belvidere is an investment in American industrial manufacturing and most important, jobs and workers. Higher pay, better qualified and motivated workers. One reason Communism is a global failure is collectivism of labor and equity of results by mandate in lost motivation and quality of product. Anyone trading in their Ford for a Lada ?
Clearly this strike forced Stellantis to invest in America, not shift production and jobs to other countries and in return allows blue collar workers to buy their products with sustainable real job wages and not temporary, artificial government handouts. Anyone keeping track of our inflation rates caused by government handouts and printing money that devalues the dollar? You should.
Losses? I believe that thinking folks are viewing this deal as an investment and an acknowledgement of the wisdom of free market Capitalism and the American tradition of collective bargaining. Clearly a $795 million investment that in the long run, will pay for itself and then some....USA !!!