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Title: General Motors ‘Temporarily’ Shutters Missouri Plant, Extends Michigan Closure — Reopens Mexico Faci
Post by: mystery-ak on March 24, 2021, 11:11:46 pm
General Motors ‘Temporarily’ Shutters Missouri Plant, Extends Michigan Closure — Reopens Mexico Facility

Kyle Olson 24 Mar 2021

General Motors (GM) “temporarily” closed a Missouri assembly plant and simultaneously said it would reopen a facility in Mexico, just days after Ford shifted planned U.S. production south of the border.

Via UPI:

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    General Motors announced Wednesday it’s cutting production of midsize pickup trucks to focus on larger vehicles and shutting down some facilities amid a semiconductor chip shortage.

    The company said it’s shutting down the Wentzville Assembly plant in Missouri from Monday through April 5, and will move up scheduled downtime there by two weeks from May 24 to July 19. …

    GM is also extending the current shutdown at the Lansing Grand River Assembly in Michigan. Plants closed in Kansas and Ingersoll, Ontario, will remain shuttered until mid-April, and a facility in Mexico will reopen in early April.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/24/general-motors-temporarily-shutters-missouri-plant-extends-michigan-closure-reopens-mexico-facility/
Title: Re: General Motors ‘Temporarily’ Shutters Missouri Plant, Extends Michigan Closure — Reopens Mexico
Post by: Hoodat on March 24, 2021, 11:45:30 pm
UAW ENDORSES JOSEPH BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (https://uaw.org/uaw-endorses-joseph-biden-president-united-states-america/amp/)
Title: Re: General Motors ‘Temporarily’ Shutters Missouri Plant, Extends Michigan Closure — Reopens Mexico
Post by: PeteS in CA on March 25, 2021, 12:36:19 am
The Ford thread, http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,431932.0.html .

Pretty sure GM's and Ford's econobox small cars have been offshore for years, as they cannot be built profitably in the US. Is cutting/moving midsize pickup trucks a signal that they are becoming less profitable?
Title: Re: General Motors ‘Temporarily’ Shutters Missouri Plant, Extends Michigan Closure — Reopens Mexico
Post by: 240B on March 25, 2021, 01:29:55 am
Quote from: Hoodat on March 24, 2021, 11:45:30 pm
UAW ENDORSES JOSEPH BIDEN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (https://uaw.org/uaw-endorses-joseph-biden-president-united-states-america/amp/)
That is why it is difficult to have sympathy for the Union/Oil/Coal workers who voted Democrat and are now unemployed.
The Democrats made no secret of what they were planning to do.
These people either deliberately or out of abject stupidity voted themselves out of a job.
I cannot imagine what they were thinking? Maybe they do not want to have a job, or to work for a living?
Title: Re: General Motors ‘Temporarily’ Shutters Missouri Plant, Extends Michigan Closure — Reopens Mexico
Post by: Wingnut on March 25, 2021, 01:38:47 am
Are they missing Trump Yet, or their jobs>