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Ohio's GM Lordstown Plants Losing About 1,000 JobsBy: Jamillah Riase
The Associated Press
November 10, 2008
LORDSTOWN OH - The recent good mood at revitalized
General Motors plants in northeast Ohio's blue-collar Lordstown has
turned somber with yesterday's news that about 1,000 workers will
be laid off.
The president of the local union says the plant will still operate with three shifts, but the staffing reductions will be completed by Jan. 20.
GM recently had a celebration at the plant to announce plans to build the Chevrolet Cruze there in 2010. It also makes the Cobalt and Pontiac G5 fuel-efficient cars.
The cutbacks will affect 850 of 3,400 jobs at the assembly plant and 162 of 1,100 jobs at the fabricating plant.
United Auto Workers officers say they are frustrated that there's nothing they can do to change the sour economy.
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