GM job cuts

Job cuts are imminent at General Motors, with plans to cut 2,084 jobs at its assembly plants in Lordstown, Ohio and the Lansing Grand River plant in Michigan. This will include discontinuing the third shift at both plants, which will affect 810 hourly works and 29 salaried employees. This will be effective as of January 16. A further 43 salaried workers and 1,202 hourly employees will also be laid off from the plant in Lordstown and will start on January 23rd. The Cadillac ATS, Cadillac CTS, and Chevrolet Camaro are made at the automaker's plant in Michigan and the Lordstown plant manufactures the Chevrolet Cruze sedan. While heads roll in the assembly plant, the car manufacturer has also announced that it plans to invest almost $900 million in three of its facilities - the Toledo Transmission Operations in Ohio will receive $667.6 million, Bedford Casting Operations in Indiana will get 37 million and Lansing Grand River in Michigan will receive $211 million. This is not the first time that GM has made such a big decision, with 500 jobs cut from its Orion Township factory taking place last year. GM told fortune.com that the lay-offs came about due to a response to continued shifts from cars to crossovers and trucks.