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Lordstown plant to stop producing Cruze

LORDSTOWN–General Motors announced the Lordstown plant will stop producing the Chevy Cruze in 2019. It said the plant will be “unallocated,” meaning there will be no vehicle assigned to it as of March.

GM has not announced that the plant is closing, just that the Chevy Cruze will no longer be produced in Lordstown. Union leaders said they are working on getting another vehicle in that plant.

According to news partner WKBN-TV 27, negotiations are still happening between GM and the United Auto Workers to see if the Lordstown plant will be getting another vehicle.

The Associated Press is reporting that GM is slashing 14,700 factory and white collar jobs in North America as well as taking actions to cut salaried and salaried contract staff by 15 percent across the country. It may close five factories. Assembly plants in Ontario, Canada and Detroit, as well as propulsion plants in White Marsh, Maryland and Warren, Michigan, will also have no vehicle to make next year.

It is expected to save GM $6 billion.

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