CAW slams ‘illegal’ GM move to scrap 4 pickup and SUV plants, including Oshawa
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TORONTO — In a move its Canadian union calls "illegal" and a betrayal, General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM) is shutting four North American truck plants, including one in Oshawa, Ont., that employs 2,600 people.
The company said Tuesday the shutdowns were in [...]
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
GM shifts model lineup from trucks to cars
Four truck factories to close; 9,100 jobs affected; Challenge is to woo more small-car buyers
Sharon Terlep / The Detroit News
WILMINGTON, Del. — General Motors Corp., which laid out plans Tuesday for another seismic restructuring, is racing to reinvent itself as a smaller company less reliant [...]
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Scott Burgess
With gas at $4, GM to overhaul its small cars
Plummeting truck, SUV sales prompt new direction
Small is big news at General Motors Corp.
As the company struggles with plummeting sales of its big trucks and SUVs, it announced Tuesday plans to overhaul its small cars.
First up is a new Chevy compact for [...]
GM Ohio union says will fight plant closure
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Automotive News | June 3, 2008 - 2:00 pm EST
CINCINNATI (Reuters) — The union representing autoworkers at the General Motors truck plant in Moraine, Ohio, said on Tuesday it will fight plans to close the assembly plant, one of four on the chopping block.
Gaylen Turner, president of IUE-CWA [...]
