GM speeds cuts in pickup production at Flint plant

Associated Press

DETROIT — General Motors Corp. says it will speed up production cuts at a pickup truck factory in Flint that had been closed due to a strike at a parts supply company.

GM spokesman Tony Sapienza said Tuesday it’s unclear when the Flint plant will restart production. When it does, GM will cut the third shift due to slow sales of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra models.

The company announced in April it would cut the third shift in Flint as of July 14.

A nearly three-month strike at American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. caused a parts shortage that crippled GM production of pickups and large SUVs.

GM announced in April that it would cut shifts at a Pontiac pickup truck plant and a Janesville, Wis., SUV factory in July.