YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Lawmakers representing Ohio are again asking General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra to give the Lordstown workforce a chance to “show what they can do,” and to expedite negotiations to potentially bring a new product to…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan will meet Wednesday with General Motors CEO Mary Barra, the congressman’s office confirmed today. Barra also is scheduled to meet with Ohio’s U.S. senators, Democrat Sherrod Brown and Republican Rob Portman, tomorrow. GM announced…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Imagine the job you’ve worked for the last 20 years was suddenly taken away. Where do you go? What do you do? For some 1,500 workers at the General Motors Lordstown Complex, those questions may not be…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said this morning that he and President Donald Trump talked last night and discussed the situation facing the General Motors Lordstown plant and a bill the senator has introduced to protect U.S.…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The leadership of UAW Local 1112, which represents nearly 1,500 hourly workers at General Motors’ Lordstown complex, has vowed to do everything possible to secure a new product for the plant. Any chance of this happening, union…
LORDSTOWN, Ohio – Almost every day for more than 50 years, a Wolikow has walked through the doors of the General Motors Lordstown Complex to build whatever the Detroit automaker was pumping out of the plant. Following in his father’s…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown today blasted General Motors’ decision to lay off its final shift of workers and close its Lordstown plant in March 2019. Earlier this year, GM announced plans to build the new Chevy Blazer in Mexico on…
LORDSTOWN, Ohio – General Motors Co. announced this morning that the corporation would close its Lordstown Complex as early as March. “GM is continuing to take proactive steps to improve overall business performance, including the reorganization of its global product…
NORTH JACKSON, Ohio – Much has changed in the 20 years since the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber and UAW Locals 1112 and 1714 spearheaded the Bring It Home campaign, which supported the efforts of General Motors Co.’s Lordstown plant to win…
STRUTHERS, Ohio – Organized labor and Democratic Party leaders put trade issues at the top of reasons why workers need to support U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown in his re-election bid and Democrats in down-ticket races Nov. 6. Members of United…
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – General Motors CEO Mary Barra declined to make a public commitment to reinvest at the GM plant in Lordstown, U.S. Sen. Rob Portman said following what he characterized as a “tough meeting” with the auto executive Tuesday…
WASHINGTON, D.C – A $1.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor will help 337 of the 1,686 workers affected by layoffs at the General Motors plant in Lordstown get the employment and training services they need to find…
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