AP Source: GM adding 650-plus jobs at Mich. plant

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http://www.salon.com/wires/us/2011/01/22/D9KTK6CO0_us_general_motors_flint/index.html

AP Source: GM adding 650-plus jobs at Mich. plant
By DEE-ANN DURBIN, Associated Press


General Motors Co. will add a shift and more than 650 jobs at its assembly plant in Flint where it makes the hot-selling GMC Sierra and Chevrolet Silverado pickup trucks, a person familiar with the plan said Saturday. The move is yet another sign that truck sales are on the rise for the recovering automaker.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the announcement had not yet been publicly made.

An announcement is scheduled for Monday and comes as Chevy sales to small businesses have increased for three straight months, which GM says is an indication that small businesses across the country are beginning to reinvest.

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Two months ago, General Motors announced a $163 million investment in a separate Flint plant as well as facilities in Bay City, Mich., and an Ohio foundry to make small-car engines, and Chrysler said it was going to pump $843 million into three Indiana factories to build a new front-wheel-drive transmission.

Both companies are recovering from the 2009 auto industry meltdown when they were forced to take government bailouts to make it through bankruptcy protection.

And just a few days ago, Ford Motor Co. said it would be retaining nearly 3,750 jobs and spending about $400 million to upgrade a Missouri plant that had been in danger of closing.

[gateley]

1. K&R! Boy, those people in Michigan sure need the jobs! nt

[jaxx]

2. Jobs,

what a beautiful word.

[Kdillard]

3. Great news.