November 24, 2009
GM plant shaped Spring Hill history
Saturn put Spring Hill on the map and paved the way for it to become one of the country’s fastest-growing communities. Here’s a short recap of how it all came together:
June 1982 — General Motor’s Advanced Engineering staff first discusses new small-car project. The city’s population was 986 [...]
Idle GM Plant Forces Workers to Regroup (transcript)
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
By Blake Farmer
Two-thousand General Motors employees will lose their jobs this week as the company idles most of its operation in Spring Hill tomorrow. Many of those displaced workers are faced with a choice: try to transfer to Michigan or test the job market here [...]
November 23, 2009
GM to idle Lansing Grand River plant
Shutdown will last one week
Kevin Polzin
Lansing State Journal
General Motors Co. said today it will idle the Lansing Grand River assembly plant next week.
The move will put about 1,000 workers on a layoff that starts Nov. 30. Workers will be back on the job Dec. 7, GM [...]
Feds offer enhanced benefits, but NUMMI workers push for new production
By George Avalos
Oakland Tribune
Updated: 11/25/2009 09:01:20 AM PST
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November 26, 2009
http://detnews.com/article/20091126/OPINION03/911260331
Howes: Toyota not looking so shiny now
DANIEL HOWES
Is the Toyota Motor Corp. juggernaut losing its conqueror-of-the-world mojo?
Because if it was a Detroit automaker that was recalling 4.26 million vehicles to repair accelerator problems, or if it was a Detroit automaker that had broken its historic no-plant-closings pledge, or if it was a [...]
November 26, 2009
http://detnews.com/article/20091126/AUTO01/911260411
Pontiac reaches end of the line
DAVID PHILLIPS
Special to The Detroit News
Orion Township — The ride is over for the brand that put rolling excitement on the road for generations of Americans.
General Motors Co. built the last Pontiac for the U.S. market Wednesday: a white, G6 sedan that rolled off the assembly line in Orion [...]
GM to build Buick Regal in Canada, restore 600 CAW jobs
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David Barkholz
Automotive News | November 25, 2009 – [...]
Labor boss outlines where GM’s ax will fall at Opel/Vauxhall
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Automotive News | November 26, 2009 – 1:56 am EST
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