Whirlpool Corp. will lay off 651 workers from its Amana manufacturing facility effective June 1. The company cites reduced consumer demand for its refrigeration products as the reason for the layoffs.

Workers perform final checks on finished refrigerator units as they move down a conveyor belt at Whirlpool Amana in Amana in this 2014 file photo. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette ...

While Whirlpool Corp. has said it is reducing planned layoffs at its Amana factory to 250 from 651, the union representing workers there says it remains wary. The union expresses distrust in Whirlpool ...