GM (General Motors) recently announced a large layoff of 1,300 workers in its Grand Rapids, Michigan plant. This was in response to the end of production of GM’s vehicles in the coming week.
With the ever-changing auto industry, the closing of the facility due to reduced demand is just one of many recent industry shakeups. This 14th GM plant closure since the start of 2019 is the latest hit to workers, along with thousands of jobs lost in plants earlier this year.
The plant in Michigan has been shut down due to the dropping demand of GM vehicles on a global level, and the end of production includes the Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick vehicles which were being produced there. GM announced that workers were being offered the option of transitioning to other GM North American locations, with those who cannot accepting severance packages and job placement assistance.
The decline in sales of thesevehicles across the U.S, China, India, Canada, Brazil and Mexico are seen as a large contributing factor to the closures of both the Michigan Plant and the other 13 GM plants. The reduction in demand was further compounded with warned tariffs upcoming in China and the US/China trade war over the last few months.
This closure will hit Grand Rapids the hardest, as it is an adoption of GM’s “discontinued sectors, union, plant and staff realignment”, leaving many unable to find new jobs within the state of Michigan. The closures aren’t just affecting factory workers either, but truck drivers, delivery personnel, suppliers, and more in the local communities.
GM citing pressures from the current economic conditions is just one of a series of events that will leave not only Grand Rapids devastated but other communities throughout North America facing significant reductions in services and incomes. The exact number of jobs that will directly be affected as a result of the closures cannot yet be determined as the ripple effect on the economy is still unfolding.
As GM’s production end date draws near, the affected workers in the Grand Rapids plant, and other providers too will be looking for help to make it through this tough transition period.
GM (General Motors) recently announced a large layoff of 1,300 workers in its Grand Rapids, Michigan plant. This was in response to the end of production of GM’s vehicles in the coming week.
With the ever-changing auto industry, the closing of the facility due to reduced demand is just one of many recent industry shakeups. This 14th GM plant closure since the start of 2019 is the latest hit to workers, along with thousands of jobs lost in plants earlier this year.
The plant in Michigan has been shut down due to the dropping demand of GM vehicles on a global level, and the end of production includes the Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick vehicles which were being produced there. GM announced that workers were being offered the option of transitioning to other GM North American locations, with those who cannot accepting severance packages and job placement assistance.
The decline in sales of thesevehicles across the U.S, China, India, Canada, Brazil and Mexico are seen as a large contributing factor to the closures of both the Michigan Plant and the other 13 GM plants. The reduction in demand was further compounded with warned tariffs upcoming in China and the US/China trade war over the last few months.
This closure will hit Grand Rapids the hardest, as it is an adoption of GM’s “discontinued sectors, union, plant and staff realignment”, leaving many unable to find new jobs within the state of Michigan. The closures aren’t just affecting factory workers either, but truck drivers, delivery personnel, suppliers, and more in the local communities.
GM citing pressures from the current economic conditions is just one of a series of events that will leave not only Grand Rapids devastated but other communities throughout North America facing significant reductions in services and incomes. The exact number of jobs that will directly be affected as a result of the closures cannot yet be determined as the ripple effect on the economy is still unfolding.
As GM’s production end date draws near, the affected workers in the Grand Rapids plant, and other providers too will be looking for help to make it through this tough transition period.
