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General Motors plans to lay off 2,000 employees at two U.S. auto plants in early 2017, the automaker said on Wednesday.
GM's Lordstown, Ohio and Lansing, Michigan plants build slow-selling cars sold by Chevrolet and Cadillac. GM said it will furlough the employees when it cuts the third shift at both plants in January.
GM says the furlough is a response to what the company believes will be a continued shift from cars to crossovers and trucks. The Lordstown plant builds the compact Chevrolet Cruze, whose U.S. sales through October were down 20%. The Lansing Grand River plant builds the Cadillac ATS and CTS, whose sales were down 17% through October.
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Tax reform means "Don't tax you, don't tax me, tax that fellow behind
the tree."
-- Russell Long
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 12 2016, @02:58PM
trump save er jerbs! oh wait, he will kill trade agreements, but the products will then cost a lot more....recession time...
(Score: 0, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 12 2016, @03:42PM
No, he's going to make it less profitable for the corporations that send jobs across the border. If Clinton was elected, this same old shit would continue.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 12 2016, @06:02PM
Notice how Trump's wall is getting smaller and less impressive now that he's won the election. Expect that trend to continue.
The Incredible Shrinking Border Wall.
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 12 2016, @06:42PM
The peso has declined in value too, so it all works out.
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 12 2016, @07:38PM
The "wall" doesn't have to be a brick and mortar construction. It can be anything from an impenetrable fence to real border guarding, instead of the welcome mat that it is now. And... getting tired of the looser Clinton supporters marking posts as troll. It was so nice of you to go protesting the election results on Veterans day.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 12 2016, @07:51PM
getting tired of the looser Clinton supporters marking posts as troll
That type of asshattery has been fairly bi-directional.
Disgusted that we've moved from 7 Words You Can't Say On TV to browbeating pits of pettiness.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 12 2016, @08:13PM
getting tired of the looser Clinton supporters marking posts as troll
I've seen both the looser and the tighter Trump supporters marking posts as troll, as well. So what's your point?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 13 2016, @04:05PM
Do not invoke "veteran's day" so self-sanctimoniously. What have you ever done? If you like veterans so much, tell me, how much do you give them when they are holding up their sign on the intersection? If we, as a nation, hold our veterans in such high regard, why do they even have to stand at the intersection with a sign reading "family in need, anything helps"
You self-sanctimonious asshole!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 13 2016, @05:44PM
The ones standing in the intersection holding signs that say "need money to feed my kids" are not veterans, but are professional beggars that drive new cars and own a house. Already proven by local news stations following them around with video cameras. I'm all for veterans getting better support than wetbacks, unlike the way it is now where wetbacks get a free ride while vets get screwed. This is just one of the reasons I voted Trump, because Cliton would just continue with the degradation of America.