GM may reassign workers from trucks to cars

Source: Associated Press

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Corp. will furlough entire shifts of workers at some truck factories and may move them to nearby car plants as it restructures to adjust to a rapidly changing U.S. market brought on by $4 per gallon gasoline.

GM Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner and top managers are finalizing additional restructuring moves and likely will announce details at the automaker's annual meeting on Tuesday in Wilmington, Del., two people familiar with the plan told The Associated Press. The people requested anonymity because the plan is not finished.

One said production cuts were part of the plan. Neither would give details.

Key to the plan are the 19,000 hourly workers who signed up to leave the company by July 1 through buyout and early retirement offers. GM on Thursday announced the number of takers in the latest round of offers, which amounts to a quarter of the company's U.S. hourly work force.


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Turn off that stove now that half the house is on fire.

Now if only they could make cars that get better gas mileage than a Model-T.

and what in the world happened to that electric car that was so popular with drivers?

and more importantly help in the fight against GW. I wish that had influenced them, but
this is still good news. Thanks for posting this Omaha Steve.

Hopefully the Hummer division will be nixed. Looks like we will finally get high quality compact cars now. Ever been to Europe? Japan? Ford Europe has great high quality small cars.

This is great news