Local leaders have just launched a campaign to keep the GM plant in the valley
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General Motors has announced that the Lordstown plant will cease producing the Chevy Cruze in 2019. It will indicate that the plant will be "unallocated", which means that no vehicles will be awarded next year. One source told us that this will happen in March.
GM also announced measures to reduce the number of contract and contract employees by 15% across the country.
This should save GM $ 6 billion.
The decisions are part of GM's "transformation for the future," according to the company's press release released on Monday. He said these decisions would improve profitability and strengthen GM's core business.
GM said it would continue to invest in trucks, crossover vehicles, and SUVs.
Our source said that negotiations are still going on between GM and the UAW to determine if the Lordstown plant will have another vehicle.
Local community leaders and UAW representatives have just launched the Drive it Home campaign in the hope of getting GM's commitment to the future of the Lordstown plant. The campaign highlights the importance of the plant and its members for the local economy.
This campaign continues as workers and leaders attempt to bring another vehicle into the valley.
Ohio Governor John Kasich said he is creating an employment center to help those affected:
Lordstown has been part of the GM family for over 50 years. It is painful to see this happen for the plant workers, their families, and the community. We will work with GM to see if anything can be done to preserve the future of the plant. In the meantime, we have created a job center to help employees find new work as quickly as possible. While this is a frustrating news, hard-working, skilled men and women are in demand and we will do everything in our power to help the families concerned access other opportunities. "
Lordstown's superintendent of schools, Terry Armstrong, issued a statement on Monday saying the district was thinking of workers and their families:
Like everyone in the Mahoning Valley, at Lordstown Schools, we first think of the workers and their families at GM Lordstown. We have already seen families of schools negatively affected by the elimination of the first and second shifts and this news is now catastrophic. Our school community will be there for them and will work with all agencies in the area to help in any way possible. Our thoughts are with all of GM Lordstown's employees, their families, and all the other workers in the area and their families.
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