At shuttered Ohio plant, workers still hope for new GM vehicle

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Business News
September 23, 2019 / 6:12 AM / Updated 3 hours ago

Nick Carey 6 Min Read

LORDSTOWN, Ohio (Reuters) - When asked about reports General Motors Co (GM.N) may turn its shuttered Lordstown, Ohio, plant into a battery factory, “Buffalo” Joe Nero snorts and points at the vast complex that until six months ago made the Chevrolet Cruze.

“You can’t support a plant like this making batteries. We need a new vehicle allocated to us,” said Nero, 62, who has worked at five plants over 42 years with the No. 1 U.S. automaker.

“It wouldn’t even cover 10% of the facility or hire 10% of the people, and they wouldn’t pay enough to support yourself, let alone a family,” he said.

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union, which went on strike last week, agrees.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-autos-labor-lordstown-feature/at-shuttered-ohio-plant-workers-still-hope-for-new-gm-vehicle-idUSKBN1W80XZ

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1. GM says

We’re going to toss you a crumb and you’re going to like it.

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2. Yepper spot on.............................

They owe this country and the workers.................a lot....................

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3. I drove passed the Lordstown plant last month

It's a huge complex alongside I-80. The empty parking lot speaks volumes about Trump's claims to support the working class.

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. Audi/VW or BMW or M-B needs to do a joint venture with Tesla...

And start producing a $20,000 electric vehicle at Lordstown.

The Tesla plant in Fremont doesn’t have the capacity and they want to build a pickup as well as a semi tractor.