The Cruze cruises: GM assembly plant prepares to close
Source: Associated Press
By MARK GILLISPIE and TOM KRISHER an hour ago
LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — A sprawling General Motors assembly plant near Youngstown will be idled on Wednesday after more than 50 years producing cars and other vehicles, a move that will eliminate nearly 1,700 hourly positions by month’s end.
GM announced in December that Lordstown along with three plants in the U.S. and one in Canada would close at some point this year.
The Cruze, once a popular and well-reviewed compact car made in Lordstown since 2011, has become the victim of consumer tastes as car buyers in an era of inexpensive gasoline have shown strong preferences for trucks, SUVs and crossover-type vehicles, all of which produce far bigger profits than sedans for GM.
While Wednesday could be the last day for the Cruze, GM spokesman Dan Flores said the plant’s parts-stamping operation will continue producing fenders and other replacement parts through most of March.
The 6.2 million square foot plant (nearly 600,000 square meters) will be placed in a “state of readiness,” Flores said, meaning it will be heated and fully maintained to allow for a resumption of operations. A final decision on the plant’s future is expected to be made during upcoming contract talks with the United Auto Workers that begin this summer. The UAW’s national contract with GM expires in mid-September.
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What is absolutely remarkable, is that GM is not putting any R&D money into a new vehicle, they got their tax break to give to shareholders and the CEO's like the asshole that was /is running the plant and the jobs are gone and the car will be made in Mexico.
But the entire state of Ohio will have those unemployment checks being shared from other businesses picking up that cost, somewhere down the line, by raising rates to keep the fund solvent, and GM will pay into the fund, but those folks only have 26 weeks worth of checks......................homes are now in jeopardy, health care, education...................and anyone that voted for a republican in that state and nationally, what the hell were you thinking............................amazing......................
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to MEXICO.
Taxcut-45 and GOP Congress' skillful design of the tax bill that made this possible. 
And, thank you MAGAt dummies for voting for straight GOP ticket in 2016 that installed those assholes.
