Laid off when Stellantis idled the Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois in February, nearly 165 workers were back on the job this week as the automaker’s first hires for a new parts distribution center, part of a broader plan to restart a facility that once employed thousands. About 115 of the workers are already processing parts at a warehouse near the auto plant, while another 50 are completing training at the Stellantis parts distribution center in Naperville before joining their colleagues in Belvidere next week, the automaker said. “It has always been our goal to find full-time employment…
