Monday 5 March 2012

STRIKE IDLES 2 GM ASSEMBLY PLANTS.(Business)

Byline: Associated Press

A strike at a General Motors Corp. metal stamping plant forced GM on Friday to shut down two car assembly plants that ran out of parts made by the struck facility, including the one making hot-selling Saturns.

Because most GM assembly plants close on weekends, the next effects of the strike by United Auto Workers Local 1714 against the stamping plant at Lordstown, Ohio, are not expected until Monday.

Early in the morning, the assembly line was idled at the Saturn plant at Spring Hill, Tenn. The plant does not stockpile body parts it receives from Lordstown.

GM's Lordstown assembly plant - next door to the striking …

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