GM to pour $300M into Flint assembly plant, keep or add jobs

[Bozita]

Source: Detroit Free Press

GM to pour $300M into Flint assembly plant, keep or add jobs
6:18 PM, Jul. 15, 2011
BY CHRISSIE THOMPSON
DETROIT FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER

General Motors intends to announce on Monday a few hundred new or preserved jobs and more than $300 million worth of updates at its Flint assembly plant, people familiar with the planning said. The moves come as the automaker prepares for next-generation full-sized pickups, expected in 2013.

Some of the factory updates are already in process. For instance, the plant’s shutdown during the first two weeks of July allowed some of the work to be done, the people said. Still, the plant will likely close for about eight weeks next year to prepare to build the new Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra.

GM spokesman Tom Wickham declined to comment. GM has planned “a positive news announcement” for Monday morning at the Flint factory, according to a media advisory.

GM has already decided to add a third shift worth about 750 jobs to the Flint factory this year, with the positions going to transfers and laid-off workers. The automaker also said this spring it would add a total of about 4,000 jobs in eight states as U.S. consumer demand for cars and trucks continues to grow. GM has already announced the bulk of those jobs, including 2,500 new jobs at its Detroit-Hamtramck factory.

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[TheDebbieDee]

1. Yay!

[jaxx]

2. Great news!

It was a smart thing to do to save the auto industry. JOBS!!

[Casandia]

3. Oh WOW!! Such good news for my city!

[JDPriestly]

4. Great news!

My husband is still driving his 1992 Saturn. It's a great car. GM can produce great cars when they try.

[midnight]

5. Congratulations Michigan...

[provis99]

6. take that, Michael Moore you lying propagandist!

[Bozita]

8. Somewhere tonight, probably somewhere near Traverse City, MM is hoisting a cold one.

This one's for you, MM.

:toast:

[freshwest]

9. +1

[Poll_Blind]

7. K&R! THIS is some good news!

:thumbsup:

PB

[Union Scribe]

10. AWESOME!

:applause: