Corporate America raises its ugly head and says the bottom line is all we care about, again.
> General Motors Co. said it will temporarily lay off two-thirds of the workers at its Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas **as it prepares the facility to begin production of the next Chevrolet Bolt model.**
> “GM is investing approximately $390 million in our Fairfax Assembly Plant to add production of the new Chevrolet Bolt EV,” GM said in a statement. “To facilitate the installation of new tooling, employees will be placed on a **temporary layoff until production resumes in mid-2025.”**
Wow, actual layoffs, as in, they’re not firing them they’re suspending work at the plant while they retool for EVs.
Still sucks and in a proper society they’d just be giving wages during the retooling. Preferably out of the pockets of the CEOs that failed to plan for this.
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Corporate America raises its ugly head and says the bottom line is all we care about, again.
> General Motors Co. said it will temporarily lay off two-thirds of the workers at its Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas **as it prepares the facility to begin production of the next Chevrolet Bolt model.**
> “GM is investing approximately $390 million in our Fairfax Assembly Plant to add production of the new Chevrolet Bolt EV,” GM said in a statement. “To facilitate the installation of new tooling, employees will be placed on a **temporary layoff until production resumes in mid-2025.”**
Wow, actual layoffs, as in, they’re not firing them they’re suspending work at the plant while they retool for EVs.
Still sucks and in a proper society they’d just be giving wages during the retooling. Preferably out of the pockets of the CEOs that failed to plan for this.
Chevy Bolt will fail so hard that car sucks
They should be retooling for hybrids.
The 1-2 sequence is always the same
1. New UAW contract
2. Layoffs