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.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 12 2016, @11:21PM
>> labor is not [mobile]
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> By choice, not by necessity.
Said like somebody with absolutely no family or friends who has never lived in country where no one speaks his language.
But yeah, totally by choice.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 13 2016, @02:07AM
Millions managed to immigrate to the United States, when they were allowed to. Indeed, millions have immigrated there in spite of it being forbidden.