GM To Cut 14,700 Jobs And Close Plants In North America

[enhanced_deficit]

MAGA not going to be happy with GM. 5 GM plants in North America will be closed according to reports.
Particularly bad timing for folks losing jobs, massive layoffs in recent past tend to take place just before Christmas holidays.

11/26/2018 11:13 am ET
GM To Cut 14,700 Jobs And Close Plants In North America

A restructuring of the motor company will leave thousands of factory and white-collar workers out of a job.

DETROIT (AP) —
General Motors will lay off 14,700 factory and white-collar workers in North America and put five plants up for possible closure as it restructures to cut costs and focus more on autonomous and electric vehicles.

The reduction includes 8,100 white-collar workers, some of whom will take buyouts and others who will be laid off. Most of the affected factories build cars that won’t be sold in the U.S. after next year. They could close or they could get different vehicles to build. They will be part of contract talks with the United Auto Workers union next year.

Plants without products include assembly plants in Detroit; Lordstown, Ohio; and Oshawa, Ontario. Also affected are transmission factories in Warren, Michigan, as well as Baltimore.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...-in-north-america_us_5bfc17c5e4b0eb6d9311e852

 

[Origanalist]

It looks like the fix is in, won't be long until the only car you can buy will drive itself and be powered by batteries.

And not too far down the road that's all you'll be allowed to use.

 

[oyarde]

Govt Motors does not need those 6600 workers to build cars they are not going to sell . They probably never needed those other office jobs in the first place .

 

[Grandmastersexsay]

It looks like the fix is in, won't be long until the only car you can buy will drive itself and be powered by batteries.

And not too far down the road that's all you'll be allowed to use.

I don't know why so many people on here are against self driving cars. There were over 40,000 vehicular deaths last year in the US. Self driving cars will literally save tens of thousands of lives every year. Shipping costs will go down immensely. That will trickle down to every facet of the economy. I for one look forward to the day I can fall asleep in my car after watching TV and having a few drinks, and wake up at the grand canyon. I'll of course get a shower in my car before I go out. If I feel like exploring, I'll put my car in manual mode, as all vehicles will be mandated to have, and drive it myself.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Government Motors suffers from what most of Corporate AmeriKa suffers from.

They are not a car company with an office...they are an office company with some cars.

 

[Zippyjuan]

They are cutting making sedans because people aren't buying nearly as many sedans. Trucks and SUVs are where the action is.

 

[Anti Federalist]

They are cutting making sedans because people aren't buying nearly as many sedans. Trucks and SUVs are where the action is.

Yup, thanks To Uncle Sucker.

 

[phill4paul]

They are cutting making sedans because people aren't buying nearly as many sedans. Trucks and SUVs are where the action is.

Yup, thanks To Uncle Sucker.

Yes. This was going to happen whether there were tariffs or not. They are moving away from sedans. They are also transitioning to electric/alternative vehicles. As AF said, thanks to Uncle Sucker.

 

[Zippyjuan]

Yes. This was going to happen whether there were tariffs or not. They are moving away from sedans. They are also transitioning to electric/alternative vehicles. As AF said, thanks to Uncle Sucker.

Tariffs on steel and aluminum to make cars with is not helping auto makers either. Trump has threatened tariffs on car parts as well. That will make them even more expensive to make here.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidk...anging-tastes-and-trump-tariffs/#7c5737e36057

General Motors said today it is ending production next year at five of its plants including its last remaining plant in Detroit and its Lordstown plant in Ohio. The reasons: they largely make sedans, which U.S. car buyers are increasingly rejecting in favor of SUVs; and Trump era tariffs are creating headwinds and higher costs for the automaker.

Also on the chopping block is a parts plant in Maryland, a transmission plant in suburban Detroit, a Canadian plant in Oshawa Ontario and a plant in Korea. In all, GM is looking to cut 15% of its global workforce. All the moves are designed to save the company $6 billion in annual costs.

That GM is looking to cut thousands of jobs at a time when the economy is performing well indicates a few realities of the global economy and the future of mobility. Ford, too, is expected to announce huge job cuts this week.

-Higher costs, due in part to the Trump administration steel tariffs, have already cost GM $1 billion, and those costs will persist and rise as long as they are in place.

 

[Swordsmyth]

I don't know why so many people on here are against self driving cars. There were over 40,000 vehicular deaths last year in the US. Self driving cars will literally save tens of thousands of lives every year. Shipping costs will go down immensely. That will trickle down to every facet of the economy. I for one look forward to the day I can fall asleep in my car after watching TV and having a few drinks, and wake up at the grand canyon. I'll of course get a shower in my car before I go out. If I feel like exploring, I'll put my car in manual mode, as all vehicles will be mandated to have, and drive it myself.

It sounds great until the software glitches kill you or the government uses a backdoor to take control of your vehicle.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Tariffs on steel and aluminum to make cars with is not helping auto makers either. Trump has threatened tariffs on car parts as well. That will make them even more expensive to make here.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidk...anging-tastes-and-trump-tariffs/#7c5737e36057

The beneficiaries of ChiCom welfare don't like being cut off?
Color me shocked, the rest of us care about Americans.

 

[Dr.3D]

It sounds great until the software glitches kill you or the government uses a backdoor to take control of your vehicle.

Something tells me, the folks who welcome the self driving cars, have never tried to drive in snow and ice. Imagine one of those things, trying to drive through that stuff.

 

[DamianTV]

It sounds great until the software glitches kill you or the government uses a backdoor to take control of your vehicle.

Or shut off your car for being late on your water bill.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

Trump threatens GM over Ohio plans: 'They better damn well open a new plant there'

• President Donald Trump tears into General Motors for its newly announced plan to halt production at multiple plants in the U.S. and Canada, telling reporters that he warned GM CEO Mary Barra that her company was "playing around with the wrong person."
• Trump told The Wall Street Journal that he told Barra on Sunday night that GM should stop making cars in China and open a new plant in Ohio, saying, "They better damn well open a new plant there very quickly."
• GM's plan to cease operations at plants in Ohio, Michigan, Maryland and Ontario by next year — and to cut back production at two other plants, as well — will cost up to $3.8 billion and shrink the Detroit-based car maker by more than 14,000 jobs, or about 15 percent of its total workforce.

Kevin Breuninger
Published 28 Mins Ago
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/26/tru...o-they-better-damn-well-open-a-new-plant.html

 

[oyarde]

Or shut off your car for being late on your water bill.

Lock you in and drive you straight to jail once your traffic ticket or child support is overdue .

 

[oyarde]

Government Motors suffers from what most of Corporate AmeriKa suffers from.

They are not a car company with an office...they are an a office company with some cars.

44 percent of the jobs mentioned make the cars . The rest is fat . So since this is said to be 15 percent of the workforce of govt motors then we must believe that 55 percent of the remaining 85 percent is fat also .

 

[RonZeplin]

Thank your master, the D&R party. You're going wherever the gov controlled robo car sends you to (FEMA Camp?). Enjoy.

 

[DamianTV]

Lock you in and drive you straight to jail once your traffic ticket or child support is overdue .

Exactly. Well, it goes a bit further.

Since all routes will be reported before you plan on going, you know, elimination of Driving and replacing with Self Driving Vehicles, you'll have to tell the car where you want to go. "Take me to a shitty job that doesnt pay enough to pay the bills" will get you right where you want to go. But "take me to the Liquor Store" will tell you NO, because you are late on your Netflix / Hulu / Pornhub bill. The future will Subjectively Discriminate against your destinations in Real Time.

And, as usual, the Elite will live in Surveillance Shadows, fully EXEMPT from any measure of balance with society.

 

[Origanalist]

I don't know why so many people on here are against self driving cars. There were over 40,000 vehicular deaths last year in the US. Self driving cars will literally save tens of thousands of lives every year. Shipping costs will go down immensely. That will trickle down to every facet of the economy. I for one look forward to the day I can fall asleep in my car after watching TV and having a few drinks, and wake up at the grand canyon. I'll of course get a shower in my car before I go out. If I feel like exploring, I'll put my car in manual mode, as all vehicles will be mandated to have, and drive it myself.

I hardly know where to start with this. You will NOT fall asleep in your car after having ANY drinks. You will be monitored the whole time you're in it. Say goodby to privacy.

I'm sorry Mr. Smith, but our system indicates you have consumed 12 fluid ounces of a alcoholic beverage and our records indicate the purchase. You cannot access the vehicle until you pass the standard equipment breathalizer.

You'll be trading some convienence and supposed safety for absolute control. Good grief, have you been any attention to what's going on?

 

[Swordsmyth]