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Workers at General Motors' Lordstown Assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio put the final touches on Chevy Cobalts.
FILE – In this Tuesday, June 15, 2010, file photo, workers at General Motors’ Lordstown Assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio put the final touches on Chevy Cobalts. Falling demand for cars is forcing General Motors to lay off more than 2,000 workers indefinitely at two assembly plants in Ohio and Michigan starting in January 2017. The company says it will indefinitely suspend the third shifts at factories in Lordstown, Ohio, near Cleveland, and in Lansing, Mich., because customers are shifting from cars to SUVs and trucks. (AP Photo | Mark Duncan, File)

Union Not Giving Up On Ohio Plant Even As GM Ends Production

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LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) – Union leaders in Ohio aren’t giving up hope even though General Motors is announcing it will no longer make the Chevy Cruze at its Youngstown-area plant.

GM said Monday that the assembly plant in Lordstown is one of five factories being looked at for a possible closure.

The Detroit-based automaker says all production at the plant will end in March.

Union leaders and politicians who are behind a campaign backing the future of the plant say they’ll continue trying to convince GM that the plant can be a part of its future.

Ohio’s incoming governor, Republican Mike DeWine, says he plans on meeting with GM officials after he takes office in January.

The once-bustling factory already has lost two of its three shifts and 3,000 union jobs since last year.