GM closing plant, letter announces closing on Dec. 23rd.

[Blue Diadem]

I guess that's GM's way of saying Merry Christmas. :mad: I know it was slated for closing but to close at Christmas is just cruel. Many of those workers probably thought this was going to be their last decent Christmas...certainly not now.

GM Closing Moraine Plant In December

MORAINE, Ohio -- Workers at the General Motors plant in Moraine were given a letter Friday saying the plant is closing in December.

According to the letter, the last day of production will be Dec. 23, 2008. In June, the automaker said that the Moraine plant would close by 2010 or earlier.

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Originally, General Motors had planned several shutdown weeks in December. However, Lee said now there will be no temporary shutdowns and the plant will operate until December 23.

IUE-CWA President Jim Clark said, "IUE-CWA is deeply disappointed in General Motor's refusal to keep the Moraine Assembly plant open. The announcement that the plant will be closed much earlier than initially stated will further hurt our members, their families and a Dayton community already rocked by plant closings and layoffs."

http://www.whiotv.com/news/17619166/detail.html

[flvegan]

1. What do they currently build there, and where will that production go?

[Blue Diadem]

5. looks like SUV's

I don't know why they can't retool these plants to make smaller cars or hybrids. It will end up being a lot more than 2400 unemployed when the 100 suppliers lose that big client.


http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2008/06/02/daily17.html

General Motors Corp. will close its Moraine assembly plant near Dayton, company Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner announced early Tuesday.

The Moraine plant will close by 2010 or sooner if market demand dictates that, he said. The move likely will cost 2,400 local jobs.

Speaking at the automaker's annual shareholders' meeting in Delaware Tuesday morning, Wagoner cited a clear consumer shift away from trucks and SUVs because of high gas prices. GM (NYSE: GM) is closing three other plants in North America as a result and shifting much of its production toward cars and hybrid vehicles.

The Moraine plant, in Montgomery County south of Dayton, produces Chevrolet TrailBlazer and GMC Envoy and Envoy Denali sport utility vehicles, Saab 9-7X and Isuzu Ascender vehicles and employs 2,400 directly. The plant also supports 100 suppliers.
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[Crabby Appleton]

7. Mid-sized SUVs

Janesville WI will still produce Mid-size SUVs until 2010, then likely close also,as GM phasing out mid-size SUVs.

[jus_the_facts]

2. They closed the GM Guide plant here last year....

....we lost a corporate regional State Farm headquarters that'd been here 40 years a few years ago too...in a community of roughly 60K people. :(

[Blue Diadem]

9. It really hurts the communities. We're a tiny town

and we'll be losing our largest employer within the next year. Our mayor is already asking for more money in anticipation. If the levies fail, I suspect our town will go bankrupt.

[joecooool]

3. More closings to come

Next year will be brutal.

[Dogmudgeon]

4. Ford is stupid ... why?

Re-tool and manufacture wind power aerogenerators. They have more than enough expertise and tool-and-die capacity. It's an opportunity, not a risk.

Ford would also do well to take a few years to develop a line of electric automobiles and micro-cars. In the meantime, they could bridge the gap with the turbines.

I thought the Captains of Industry were supposed to be masters of Rational thinking. Where did it go?

Instead, in the meantime ... it will be a very mean time.

--p!

[Renew Deal]

6. The bright side

They are getting almost 3 months notice.

[ColbertWatcher]

8. The bad thing is there are no jobs to find even with 3 months notice! n/t

[Blue Diadem]

11. and if any severance is offered, it's usually contingent upon staying

until the very end or whenever the employee gets the lay off slip.

[ColbertWatcher]

16. Severance doesn't mean the community will have jobs for everyone losing one.

That community is going to be another Flint, Michigan.

[Blue Diadem]

18. I didn't say it did

and yes it may end up being another Flint, Mi.

[ColbertWatcher]

19. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that you did. n/t

[OhioChick]

20. How true. n/t

[KamaAina]

10. Let's get people registering voters in the unemployment lines!

In NC, they're doing it in the gas lines -- and OH is an even more critical swing state.

[mrih]

12. My wife was a bit worried herself

My wife makes the seats for the Ford Escape, and at the plant she works at, her line was sent packing for the rest of the week. I told her not to worry, did some digging, and found out Ford is retooling one of their lines in Excelsior I think it is (could be wrong here), and taking out their truck line as well to get better production on the Escape.

I guess I'll give Ford credit for doing that, but they should have done it years ago.

I also agree it's too bad GM doesn't do the same and retool their plant in Ohio for Hybrid vehicles.
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[mikelgb]

13. "I'll be home for Christmas...."

"With my last paycheck"

[Brigid]

14. Michael Moore will have a field day with this one.

I'm sure he's heard about it already.

[tnlefty]

15. The bad news just keeps on coming.

For the last 3 yrs. I've noticed an increase in tags from OH, FL around the time that school starts. The folks from FL are moving here because insurance was getting so damned expensive that they sold and left. I suspected that the folks from OH were coming here because of job loss, but I'm not sure what they're finding employment wise. Plants are closing here and being outsourced and that's been going on for a while.

Sad.

[onethatcares]

17. you've noticed that?

because I used to notice an increase in tags from OH and Michigan every year around thanksgiving down here in Florida. That was when people had jobs and could take three weeks of vacation and own a mobile home or small home down here. Not so much anymore. I miss you guys, serious.

Peace.

[tnlefty]

23. Yep, and I've noticed a lot of tags from LA and MI,

but within 60 days the out of staters have TN tags, and this has been going on during the last 4 years. I notice the tags the most when I'm taking my kids to school, and they're enrolling their kids in school because they're planning to stay.

Are you from these parts?

[onethatcares]

25. no, I'm a transplanted Pennsylvanian

living in my adopted state of Florida.

[WoodrowFan]

21. Damn, I used to work there

I worked there when it was a Frigidaire plant, the 4th generation of my family to do so. My dad helped design the plant when it converted to building cars. Hell, it's on the site of an old Wright Brothers airplane factory. A huge loss to the area's economy, to working people there, and to the area's history.

[hogwyld]

22. Please, tell me again

why is the GOP even with 20 pts in OH?

[FlyingSquirrel]

24. They don't want to shell out holiday pay for Christmas & New Years.

Very common.

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