GM to add 1,200 Jobs at Lordstown, Ohio Plant in Summer

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


LORDSTOWN, Ohio -- General Motors Corp. said today it is bringing 1,200 autoworkers back to work this summer to start producing the Chevrolet Cruze compact car at a factory in northeast Ohio.

About 300 laid-off GM workers in the area will be brought back first, and the remaining jobs at the Lordstown factory will be open to GM employees across the U.S., said Diana Tremblay, GM's head of manufacturing.

The jobs will be added to a third assembly-line shift sometime in the third quarter.

The Cruze, due out later this year, is a key product for GM as it tries to compete in the growing market for small cars. Production was recently put on hold because GM wasn't happy with how it drove.

The Lordstown factory, about 50 miles southeast of Cleveland, also makes the Chevrolet Cobalt small car.



Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10054/1037970-455.stm

[livetohike]

1. Some good news for Ohio for a change

Thanks for posting it :hi:.

[Scurrilous]

2. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Dappleganger]

3. K&R for good news. nt

[Kittycat]

4. That's huge.

[Turbineguy]

5. Fox News

will see what they can do to scuttle car sales.

[Botany]

6. I was just around N.E. Ohio ..... Akron, Ravenna, & Warren .... they so need the

jobs there. That damn socialist Obama .... is there no stopping him?

[pampango]

7. Great news. Good find, RamboLiberal. Thanks for posting. n/t

[Soylent Brice]

8. excellent!

:thumbsup:

[Auggie]

9. You know what I find really impressive?

"GM postponed the Cruze's April build date because the company wasn't happy with its performance, especially with the six-speed automatic transmission."

That's not the GM I remember. Good for them.

[boomerbust]

10. Excellent

[liberal N proud]

11. Good news for a really depressed area

[economicdoom]

12. Good news.. for now

While this is great news, we need to end the so-called "free trade" agreements that gave our jobs to underdeveloped countries for slaves wages in the first place. If we don't, what's doing to stop GM from moving these jobs out of the country as soon as they see a glint of hope?