GM To Layoff Hundreds At Cruze Assembly Plant

General Motors factory workers are facing yet another round of layoffs. This time, hundreds of jobs will be cut at the automaker's Chevrolet Cruze plant in Lordstown, Ohio due to declining demand for the Chevy compact in the face of, you guessed it, America's insatiable appetite for crossovers.

According to CNBC, workers were informed Friday afternoon that one of two shifts at the Ohio facility will be eliminated come mid-June. As it stands, the plant employs almost 3,000 people, 90 percent of whom are hourly workers. While GM says up to 1,500 employees will potentially be affected, the precise number of layoffs won't be determined for a few weeks.

SanJoseDriver - 4/16/2018 1:22:58 PM

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GM laying off up to 1,500 employees while Tesla is still adding more jobs to its Fremont plant (and Palo Alto offices).

Vette71 - 4/16/2018 2:33:08 PM

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Unfair comparison. A startup company with three models at a single plant adds more workers, (and awhile ago fired a bunch) while GM has many models at many plants some adding workers and reducing at others. Happens all the time. GM has to do re-balancing. Tesla has yet to show it is a serious volume manufacturer. Huge difference.

TomM - 4/16/2018 5:57:18 PM

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Gee and TEsla still cannot produce as many cars per day as that plant can produce Cruzes. Imagine!!!!!

SanJoseDriver - 4/18/2018 1:34:34 PM

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Not really a startup anymore, Tesla has the largest number of manufacturing jobs of any company in California.

valhallakey - 4/16/2018 3:56:11 PM

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What happened to all that MAGA????

MDarringer - 4/16/2018 8:36:16 PM

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Other more profitable segments are growing. MAGA! Wheezer spit boxes for the sky-is-falling greenies are not desired.

TheSteve - 4/17/2018 1:51:20 AM

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@valhallakey: It's #MAGA at work. Those 1,000 employees got tired of winning ;-)

MDarringer - 4/17/2018 8:41:05 AM

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^^^^another reply from TheSteve that isn't factual and which relies on his hateful Alt-Left bigotry. Capacity is shifting not disappearing.

TheSteve - 4/17/2018 1:15:06 PM

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^^^
Does anyone – aside from other Alt.Right-ers – take you seriously Matt? Just take a look at your own comments here, and across AutoSpies.

By the way, “Alt.Left” is an expression used by Alt.Right-ers (such as yourself) to denote “not one of us.” Alt.Right includes Nazis, White Supremacists, bigots of all flavors, racists, etc.

It’s abundantly clear who you are Matt :-) Your anger directed at me just serves to spotlight that.

You really do get triggered by blasphemy and heresy against your Lord Donald, don’t you?