10/03/2026
BREAKING: Nearly 1,400 workers were laid off from the former Navistar truck factory in Springfield, Ohio, just days before Donald Trump holds a rally nearby.
The scale is staggering: AP reports the layoffs effectively erased an entire year of job growth across the greater Dayton area.
And there’s a political story unfolding inside the economic one. Kyle Bos, a UAW member who told AP he voted for Trump three times, says he’s done supporting him and plans to canvass for Democrats ahead of November.
The factory is being purchased by Canadian armored-vehicle manufacturer Roshel, which says it plans to rehire workers through a phased process and eventually expand the workforce.