GM to lay off 15 percent of salaried workers, halt production at five plants in U.S. and Canada

GM announced Nov. 26 that it plans to lay off 15 percent of salaried workers. This isn’t the first time the company has faced trouble. (Elyse Samuels /The Washington Post)

Amid global restructuring, General Motors announced Monday it would reduce its North American production and salaried and executive workforce.

The Detroit-based automaker said it would not be allocating any production to Oshawa Assembly in Ontario, Lordstown Assembly in Ohio and Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly in Michigan after December 2019. It will also stop allocating production at propulsion plants in White Marsh, Md., and Warren, Mich., after December 2019. The company will also be discontinuing production of low-selling models made at those plants throughout 2019, including the Chevrolet Impala, Cruze and Volt, the Cadillac CT6 and the Buick LaCrosse.

These changes are part of GM’s efforts to focus its resources on self-driving and electric vehicles, as well as more efficient trucks, crossovers and SUVs, the company said in a statement.

View the complete November 26 article by Taylor Telford on The Washington Post website here.