UAW Local 5960 member Kimberly Fuhr inspects a Chevrolet Bolt EV throughout car production on May 6, 2021, on the General Motors Orion Assembly Plant in Orion Township, Michigan.
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DETROIT — General Motors plans to lay off about 1,300 workers in Michigan beginning early subsequent yr due to vehicles they produce ending production, the company disclosed in state paperwork.
The largest of the layoffs have been anticipated. They embody 945 workers at Orion Assembly who construct Chevrolet Bolt fashions, that are ending production after this yr.
The ultimate production date is scheduled for the week of Dec. 18. However, layoffs is not going to happen till Jan. 1.
GM will retool Orion to construct electrical vehicles. The plant is predicted to come again online in late 2025.
The different 369 workers to be laid off are at GM’s Lansing Grand River Assembly/Stamping, which can now not produce the Chevrolet Camaro. GM had beforehand introduced the end of the car however not what number of workers can be laid off on the plant, which continues to produce Cadillac sedans.
“Lansing Grand River Assembly knowledgeable workers immediately that the plant will regulate staffing ranges due to the end of Camaro production,” GM mentioned in a press release. “As a end result, about 350 workers can be affected starting Jan. 2. GM anticipates having job alternatives for all impacted crew members per the provisions of the UAW-GM National Agreement.”
Layoffs at Grand River will start Jan. 2 and proceed by March, in accordance to the WARN discover paperwork.
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