Topic: Lordstown

Chevrolet Cruze

The Chevrolet (Chevy) Cruze is a new Wall Street Journal: GM expects to invest $500M in the Cruze, with plans to build it in the Lordstown, Ohio, plant.

Big day for GM in Ohio with launch of Cruze

General Motors Co. has launched its Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan at its factory near Youngstown with a parade of red, white and blue models.. GM North America President Mark Reuss (ROYS') arrived in a red Cruze with Gov. Ted Strickland, telling the ...
After nearly seven years of production, Wednesday marked the last of the Chevrolet Cobalts to come off the line in Lordstown, Ohio. With the Cobalt's departure, Lordstown can make way for the hotly anticipated Cruze, which will take the place of ...
General Motors thinks the new Chevrolet Cruze will be quite successful. So much so, in fact, that it is adding a third shift to the assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio, to accommodate the anticipated demand. "Cruze is a perfect example of how ...

Obama points to Ohio town as sign of recovery

With its sprawling GM assembly plant, this small Ohio town was among the first hit by the economic crisis but President Barack Obama told residents Tuesday that Lordstown was showing early signs of recovery.The plant lost two shifts after auto sales ...
Optimistic GM boosts production by 60,000 vehicles as sales rise on Cash for Clunkers demandShoppers are snapping up cars and trucks so quickly that General Motors Co. is boosting production for the rest of the year to keep up with Cash ...

Employee Sabotage

Here are 10 cases of sabotage that harmed -- or attempted to harm -- some high-profile companies. Frustrated employees who lash out through sabotage are sometimes said to have "Lordstown Syndrome. " The name refers to a General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio, where employees ...
GM to lay off 2,000, cut production at 9 US plants as sales slump hits even gas-sippersGeneral Motors Corp. said Monday it will cut 2,000 jobs at two plants and halt production for several weeks at nine other U.S ...
GM to lay off 2,000 more workers at 3 factories as US auto sales slumpThe worsening U.S. auto sales slump claimed another 2,000 workers Friday as General Motors Corp. announced layoffs at three more car factories.The company said ...

GM to cut 2,000 more jobs as sales woes worsen

General Motors Corp. said Friday it plans to idle another 2,000 workers at plants in Canada and the United States amid a sharp drop-off in demand for new cars.The cuts come in addition to the 2,000 job cuts announced ...