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posted by janrinok on Saturday November 12 2016, @11:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-a-merry-christmas dept.

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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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 12 2016, @11:21PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 12 2016, @11:21PM (#426154)

    >> labor is not [mobile]
    >
    > 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.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 13 2016, @02:07AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 13 2016, @02:07AM (#426178)

    Millions managed to immigrate to the United States, when they were allowed to. Indeed, millions have immigrated there in spite of it being forbidden.