General Motors announced Monday the cancelation of shifts at four of its locations due to the arctic blast and winter storm that has affected a wide swath of the country, according to a report.

The Detroit Free Press reported that the plants affect are located in Spring Hill, Tenn.; Arlington, Texas; Bowling Green, Ky.; and Wentzville, Mo. The report said that about 8,000 workers will b impacted.

The United Auto Workers, citing the contracts, told the paper that workers who are affected should be largely paid for the time home.

Temperatures nosedived into the single-digits as far south as San Antonio, and homes that had already been without electricity for hours had no certainty about when the lights and heat would come back on.