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Almost 60,000 Ford workers were back on the job in the U.S. on Monday. Ford head Jim Hackett says the company's factories "create the distance that we're going to need for this to work well."
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The carmaker will be able to manufacture 50,000 ventilators by July 4, a Ford official tells Morning Edition. It is retooling a plant in Michigan, which is scheduled to begin operations Monday.
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Ford, 3M and GE Healthcare join forces to ramp up production of personal protection equipment and ventilators,
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Ford and General Motors say they are evaluating whether they could retool their factories to produce much-needed medical equipment as the coronavirus pandemic spreads.
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The UAW, the autoworker's union, had been pushing for a two-week shutdown because of worker concerns. Plants will be shut down at least through March 30.