The Associated Press reported October 3 that nearly 1,400 workers had been laid off at International Motors’ former truck operation in Springfield. A July 30 report by Spectrum News 1, based on the company’s WARN notice and confirmation, said more than 1,341 job terminations were expected across the Springfield Assembly Plant and Truck Specialty Center.
The public accounts give different dates. International Motors said its contract at the operation ended September 30; Spectrum reported the WARN notice’s expected effective date as October 2; and AP described the layoffs as occurring September 30. The available sources do not reconcile the dates, so this update does not assign a single final separation date.
International Motors announced March 30 that it had agreed to sell operating assets at the Springfield facilities to Roshel, which planned to produce commercial, special and armored vehicles there. The announcement said the transaction was subject to customary closing conditions. It described a planned transition, not a confirmed production restart or commitment to rehire the affected workers; no restart or rehiring schedule is established by the sources cited here.