GM Plant Shutdown Means Job Losses For Suppliers
Plant To Close Tuesday
Updated: 9:10 am CST December 23, 2008
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READ: Doyle: Janesville Plant Closing Is Like Death In FamilyREAD: State Officials Reviewing $10M Given To GMREAD: Janesville Looks Ahead to Retraining GM Workers for New JobsREAD: Residents Uncertain About Future After GM Plant's ClosureREAD: GM Plant Closing Difficult For Workers, Families
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SURVEY: Is GM Making The Right Move?SURVEY: Who Do You Blame?TALKBACK: What Do You Think?READ: Doyle: Janesville Plant Closing Is Like Death In FamilyREAD: State Officials Reviewing $10M Given To GMREAD: Janesville Looks Ahead to Retraining GM Workers for New JobsREAD: Residents Uncertain About Future After GM Plant's ClosureREAD: GM Plant Closing Difficult For Workers, FamiliesVIDEO: Auto Expert Dissects GM's DecisionJANESVILLE, Wis. -- The 1,200 people losing jobs when General Motors ends SUV production on Tuesday won't be alone.Suppliers that served the Janesville factory and either have shut down or are in the process, which will raise the total to about 2,000 newly unemployed workers in the area.Lear Corp. ended its regular production in Janesville last Thursday. A small staff stayed on through Tuesday. About 20 are expected to stay for another two or three months to break down operations.Lear had notified the state it would be laying off 371 workers. LSI and its sister company, Flint Special Services, which have staged materials for the GM assembly line, told the state they would close their Janesville operations, laying off 187.At the GM plant, the end of SUV production means the elimination of more than 1,200 jobs. Only about 50 workers will stay on to build Isuzu trucks through May.
Previous Stories:
- December 23, 2008: Last SUV Completed At Shuttering Janesville GM Plant
- December 19, 2008: Lear Corp. Ends Regular Production
- December 16, 2008: Special Mass Held To Give Rock County Residents Hope
- December 14, 2008: Hard Times Hit Janesville As GM Plant Winds Down
- November 11, 2008: Tours Give Community Chance To Say Goodbye To GM Plant
- October 14, 2008: Doyle Outlines Options For GM Workers
- October 14, 2008: Janesville's GM Plant Slated To Close Early
- September 14, 2008: Residents React To New GM Talks
- July 28, 2008: GM Sets Non-Production Weeks For Janesville Plant
- July 16, 2008: Wisconsin Unlikely To Recoup Money Given To GM
- July 16, 2008: GM To Speed Up Closure Of Janesville Plant
- June 26, 2008: Business Owners, City Officials Hold Meeting In Janesville To Discuss Economy
- June 5, 2008: Janesville Leaders Plot Rebound After GM Plant Closes
- June 5, 2008: GM Plant Closing Difficult For Workers, Families
- June 4, 2008: Janesville Looks Ahead To Retraining GM Workers For New Jobs
- June 4, 2008: GM To Close Janesville Assembly Plant By 2010
- June 3, 2008: Residents Uncertain About Future After GM Plant's Closure
- April 30, 2008: Rock County Job Center Braces For Flood Of Ex-GM Workers
- April 29, 2008: GM Slashes Shift At Janesville Plant
- April 9, 2008: Janesville GM Workers Laid Off Due To Production Cuts
- March 13, 2008: Janesville GM Plant To Temporarily Lay Off Some Workers
- March 6, 2008: GM: Janesville Plant To Shorten Shifts Next Week
- February 14, 2008: Obama Blames Bush For Economic Downturn In Wisconsin Stops
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