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A restructuring of the motor company will leave thousands of factory and white-collar workers out of a job.DETROIT (AP) The Latest on General Motors restructuring plans (all times local):10:30 a.m.
The reduction includes 8,100 white-collar workers, some of whom will take buyouts and others who will be laid off. Most of the affected factories build cars that wont be sold in the U.S. after next year. They could close or they could get different vehicles to build. They will be part of contract talks with the United Auto Workers union next year.
Plants without products include assembly plants in Detroit; Lordstown, Ohio; and Oshawa, Ontario. Also affected are transmission factories in Warren, Michigan, as well as Baltimore.
About 6,000 factory workers could lose jobs in the U.S. and Canada, although some could transfer to truck plants.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gm-plans-14700-layoffs-and-plant-closures-in-north-america_us_5bfc17c5e4b0eb6d9311e852
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,924 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,946 posts)Here comes "President T" on his way to save the day!!!!
Seriously, it is certainly not a reason to be cheering. I'm wondering how much of this shift is based on what has happened since IQ45 began his "tariff wars?" I'm also waiting to see how many of those jobs he'll claim to save - just like he did with the workers at the Carrier plant in Indiana. https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a20066498/carrier-factory-donald-trump-jobs/
Good luck to those GM people - tough times ahead I'm afraid......................
duforsure
(11,885 posts)And why they'll lose even worse in 2020 than they did from the midterms. They've done this to themselves, and it'll be decades before they'll be trusted by anyone.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Maybe months in the unemployment line harassed by GOP eligibility rules and settling for a part time door greeter job at Walmart will educate a few former middle class Trump voters huh?
Cartoonist
(7,323 posts)"It's those Mexicans taking our jobs!" they will say.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Greedy bastards.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)republicans have pissed on America's economy
ooky
(8,932 posts)Guess the tax scam money wasn't enough. Good luck looking for terrific health care, it was another lie, like all the jobs he was going to bring back.
moondust
(20,018 posts)So much swindling...er, I mean winning! Yeah, winning!