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Group tackles problemsof working families
BETHESDA, Md. -- Early learning and after-school care programs will be the first focus for Corporate Voices for Working Families, a new nonprofit organization created by 32 major corporations to improve the lives of working families. The group aims to work with state and federal governments and other nonprofit agencies to solve the problems working families face. The program's Web address is www.cvworkingfamilies.org.
GM to revamp plant
DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. plans to invest $80 million to renovate a metal casting plant to build engine blocks for an aluminum V-8 engine beginning in 2006.
The move will save 191 jobs at the Saginaw plant, plant manager Rick Sutton told The Detroit News. The plant has cut operating costs by $75 million since 1999 and received a 20-year tax abatement, Sutton said. It employs about 2,400 workers.
Associated Press