The email also states: “Honda has taken an abundance of caution when an associate, contingent associate or contractor tests positive for COVID-19. When there is a positive or suspected case, we conduct thorough contact tracing to identify anyone who may have been exposed to the impacted associate and we ask him or her to quarantine.”
The email is addressed to “purchasing division associates.”
“Many of you have already supported the production team in the last several weeks, and for that, I would like that thank you,” the email says. “It currently appears as if this situation will likely continue for a few more weeks.”
The email also says “all” auto companies have experienced these kinds of challenges.
Asked to confirm or correct the report, a Honda spokesman, Chris Abbruzzese, released this statement Wednesday:
“Due to strong customer demand for our products and the need to carefully manage production during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are facing some temporary staffing issues that require support from associates who do not typically work in production,” Honda’s statement says. “We have implemented such temporary measures in the past, and are working diligently to attract and hire associates to support our production needs.”
With tens of thousands of associates building products in America, we are not unique in having members of our team affected by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Honda’s statement added. “The health and safety of our associates is our highest priority and, acting out of an abundance of caution whenever a member of our team tests positive or is suspected for COVID-19, we use contact tracing to determine those who may have been exposed to the affected team member - sometimes resulting in the need for additional associates to quarantine. "
These precautions, combined with demand for Honda vehicles, have created the need to ask support workers to work temporarily in the production area, the statement also said.
Earlier in July, media reports said GM and Ford were struggling with worker no-shows and illness in their own plants.
In mid-May Honda began to gradually resume auto, engine and transmission production in its U.S. and Canadian plants, ending a suspension of production that had started March 23 this year.
Nearly all North American auto plants ceased production in March this year, as the pandemic and attendant fears tightened their grip.
Honda said in May it intended to stagger the start-up at each plant, with most plants using the first day back to work to ensure that front-line leaders are trained on new procedures related to COVID-19 prevention
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