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GM Selling Shuttered Ohio Factory to Electric Truck Maker
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – A newly formed company led by the founder of an upstart electric truck maker is buying a former General Motors assembly plant in Ohio that shut down last March amid criticism from President Donald Trump. The company called Lordstown Motors Corp. said Thursday it plans to make electric pickup trucks at… Read More
Idled General Motors Plant’s Union Leader to Transfer
LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — A northeast Ohio union leader once called out on Twitter by President Donald Trump says he is transferring to another General Motors location. Dave Green tells The Vindicator in Youngstown it was a “very tough decision,” but he had little choice but to take a job in Bedford, Indiana. That facility makes transmission… Read More
GM in Talks to Sell Shuttered Factory in Lordstown
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DETROIT (AP) – General Motors is negotiating the sale of its shuttered factory in Lordstown, Ohio, to a company that builds electric trucks. The company confirmed Wednesday that it’s in talks with Cincinnati-based Workhorse Group to sell the huge facility, and also announced plans to invest $700 million in three Ohio factories to create 450… Read More
DeWine Doesn’t Think GM Will Revive Assembly Plant
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LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s governor says it seems clear that General Motors isn’t planning on making a new line of vehicles at its assembly plant in the state. The plant near Youngstown that shut down last week is one of five factories GM wants to close by next January. Union leaders are hoping GM… Read More
DeWine Talked To Trump About Lordstown Shutdown Before Surprising Comment
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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President Trump told governors yesterday that automakers are returning to Ohio and other states, a remark he’s said before that fact checkers have found to be untrue. Gov. Mike DeWine was among the guests who heard that comment. DeWine said he talked with Trump at a dinner the night before, and that the president is… Read More
UAW Lawsuit Says GM Lordstown Workers Could Replace Temps At Indiana Plant
By: Nick Castele | WCPN
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The United Auto Workers labor union is suing General Motors over the use of temporary workers at a plant in Indiana, saying that laid-off members from Lordstown could do the jobs. The UAW filed the suit this week in federal court in Youngstown. The suit accuses the company of violating a labor agreement that allows… Read More
GM Says It Has 2,700 Jobs For Workers Slated To Be Laid Off
By: Associated Press
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DETROIT (AP) – The General Motors’ massive 14,000-person layoff announced last month might not be as bad as originally projected. The company said Friday that 2,700 out of the 3,300 factory jobs slated for elimination will now be saved by adding jobs at other U.S. factories. Blue-collar workers in many cities will still lose jobs… Read More
GM Chief To Meet With Ohio Leaders Over Plant Closing
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Ohio officials in Congress plan a meeting in Washington with the head of General Motors in their bid to keep a northeastern Ohio assembly plant from closing. GM announced last week that it will stop making the Chevy Cruze at its Lordstown plant by March and is considering closing the plant for… Read More
Ohio Senators To Meet With GM Chief Over Plant Closing
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LORDSTOWN, Ohio (AP) – Ohio’s two U.S. senators say they’ll meet with the head of General Motors this week to discuss what can be done to stop its northeastern Ohio assembly plant from closing. GM announced last week it will stop making the Chevy Cruze at its Lordstown plant by March and that it’s considering… Read More
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown Critical Of Lordstown Plant Closing
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Ohio’s senior Senator is blasting General Motors for planning to close the Lordstown plant in March. He says Congress needs to change the tax code to prevent companies from benefitting from that action in the future. Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown says workers are being hurt by GM’s decision. “While people’s lives were being upended… Read More
Trump Administration Threatens To Withhold Subsidies From GM
By: Scott Horsley | NPR
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Angered by General Motors’ decision to idle plants and lay off thousands of workers, the Trump administration threatened to retaliate by withholding federal subsidies for the company’s cars.
Kasich Says There Are Options For Lordstown Plant
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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Gov. John Kasich says he’ll be talking to General Motors about its decision to shut down the assembly plant in Lordstown, potentially putting 1500 people out of work. But he’s sounding like all isn’t lost even if the plant closes. Kasich said he’s talked to GM about how the Lordstown-made Chevy Cruze wasn’t very profitable…. Read More
Ohio’s Leaders React To News Of GM’s Decision To Close The Lordstown Auto Assembly Plant
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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News that GM will be idling its Lordstown factory on March 1st is prompting Ohio’s leaders to issue angry statements in news releases and on social media. John Kasich said he’ll work with GM’s leaders to see if anything can be done to save the plant and if not. The estimated 2500 employees will be directed… Read More