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GM Cuts Car Production at Two U.S. Factories
General Motors Co. will furlough nearly 2,100 hourly workers indefinitely at assembly plants in Michigan and Ohio because of slumping demand for the cars made there.
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General Motors Co. will indefinitely furlough about 2,000 hourly and 70 salaried workers at assembly plants in Michigan and Ohio because of slumping demand for the cars made there.
About 1,300 employees will be laid off beginning Jan. 23 at GM’s Lordstown, Ohio, facility, which builds the Chevrolet Cruze small sedan. Cruze sales through the first 10 months of this year fell 20% to 155,300 units, according to Autodata Corp.
The company will shed 840 jobs beginning Jan. 17 at its Lansing (Mich.) Grand River plant, which produces Chevrolet Camaro sport coupes and Cadillac ATS and CTS luxury sedans. Autodata says sales of the Camaro and both Cadillac models shrank 9% and 17%, respectively, in January-October.
Trucks accounted for a record 61.6% of the U.S. passenger vehicle market in October compared with 41.7% in calendar 2015.
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