GM adding to layoffs at Janesville plant

Hurricane · 06-20-2008, 10:44 AM

GM adding to layoffs at Janesville plant

The Business Journal of Milwaukee

General Motors Corp. has notified state officials that it will lay off an additional 96 employees from the Janesville assembly plant as a result of a further "deterioration in consumer demand" for the pickup trucks and SUVs it produces.

In a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) letter filed with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, the automaker said the layoffs will begin around Aug. 25.

On April 28, GM announced that it was eliminating one shift of production at the plant beginning in July, resulting in the loss of 756 jobs. The plant, which has about 2,800 employees, will eventually be closed in 2010 as GM moves toward the production of more fuel-efficient vehicles.

The workers to be laid off are members of the United Auto Workers.

More here: http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/mil...html?ana=yfcpc

drees1 · 06-20-2008, 11:18 AM

Any news on if they are going to put a car in the Janesville plant?

K-1 · 06-20-2008, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by drees1

Any news on if they are going to put a car in the Janesville plant?

Why would they? Lordstown just added another shift for more Cobalts. Orion is tooled to handle additional Malibus. What else is there?

domij · 06-20-2008, 11:33 AM

They are not going to put another vehicle in a plant that was built in 1919. As it is they already sold the Oklahoma City car plant which was only built in 1979.

jcgable · 06-24-2008, 12:20 AM

They've all been significantly upgraded, so I'm not sure if that is the exact reason.

NfamousZ24 · 06-24-2008, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by drees1

Any news on if they are going to put a car in the Janesville plant?

Why Janesville and not Moraine or Oshawa?

Joe in T.O. · 06-25-2008, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by NfamousZ24

Why Janesville and not Moraine or Oshawa?

They are closing the Oshawa truck plant. Car plant will prosper.

NfamousZ24 · 06-25-2008, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe in T.O.

They are closing the Oshawa truck plant. Car plant will prosper.

Please tell me something that I don't know. Like Moraine Assembly getting something............lolz

06-20-2008, 10:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
Hurricane 6.0 Liter Vortec V8 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,548	GM adding to layoffs at Janesville plant GM adding to layoffs at Janesville plant The Business Journal of Milwaukee General Motors Corp. has notified state officials that it will lay off an additional 96 employees from the Janesville assembly plant as a result of a further "deterioration in consumer demand" for the pickup trucks and SUVs it produces. In a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) letter filed with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, the automaker said the layoffs will begin around Aug. 25. On April 28, GM announced that it was eliminating one shift of production at the plant beginning in July, resulting in the loss of 756 jobs. The plant, which has about 2,800 employees, will eventually be closed in 2010 as GM moves toward the production of more fuel-efficient vehicles. The workers to be laid off are members of the United Auto Workers. More here: http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/mil...html?ana=yfcpc __________________ 2007 Yukon XL Denali 2006 Chevrolet Corvette

06-20-2008, 11:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
drees1 2.0 Liter Supercharged ECOTEC Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Janesville Posts: 138	Re: GM adding to layoffs at Janesville plant Any news on if they are going to put a car in the Janesville plant?

06-20-2008, 11:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
domij 1.8 Liter ECOTEC Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 38	Re: GM adding to layoffs at Janesville plant They are not going to put another vehicle in a plant that was built in 1919. As it is they already sold the Oklahoma City car plant which was only built in 1979.

06-24-2008, 12:20 AM	#5 (permalink)
jcgable 3.5 Liter V6 Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 264	Re: GM adding to layoffs at Janesville plant They've all been significantly upgraded, so I'm not sure if that is the exact reason.

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