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"provider_name": "Action Network",
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"author_name": "IAM Union",
"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/iam-union",
"title": "Tell Whirlpool: American Workers Deserve a Future, Not Pink Slips",
"thumbnail_url": "https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/738/643/normal/WhirlpoolRally_ActioNetwork_Banner.png",
"description": "Whirlpool Corporation just announced that, effective March 9, 2026, nearly 400 more layoffs will occur at its Amana, Iowa, manufacturing facility. The IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) currently represents 1,300 production workers at this plant. However, more than 3,000 IAM members worked at the facility just a few years ago. These are IAM Union members who build the Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, and Amana refrigerators that fill American homes. This is not a one-time setback. Less than a year ago, Whirlpool laid off approximately 250 workers at this same facility. Now your company is back with another round of pink slips and a warning that more cuts may be on the way. At the same time, Whirlpool is aggressively expanding in Mexico. The company recently completed a major refrigerator plant expansion in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, invested $65 million into its Celaya, Guanajuato facility, and made Mexico the sole producer of its French Door refrigerator line, a product exported almost entirely back to U.S. and Canadian consumers. The math is not complicated. Whirlpool is trading American jobs for cheaper labor across the border, and Iowa families are paying the price. Sign this petition and tell Whirlpool CEO Marc Bitzer that Iowa’s working families deserve better than broken promises and a shrinking future for their community.",
"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/tell-whirlpool-american-workers-deserve-a-future-not-pink-slips"
}