DES MOINES, Iowa — Officials with Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) are expected to be on site at the Bridgestone tire plant in Des Moines, Monday, to assist hundreds of workers who were displaced from a layoff that was announced last month and went into effect on Friday.

Officials at Bridgestone had said there would be 216 layoffs at the Des Moines plant. Bridgestone told the United Steelworkers leadership in Des Moines that it’s because of “demand constraints in the agriculture tire sector.”