Lordstown Village freezes wages, cuts expenses

LORDSTOWN — Village council is moving forward with a wage freeze for all but one village employee and cutting all costs where possible.

General Motors eliminated about 900 jobs on the third shift at its Lordstown plant, and has made about 1,100 other layoffs in recent months — totaling about 2,000 job reductions.

The village estimates that around 75 to 80 percent of its approximately $4.5 million in income tax collections come from the Lordstown General Motors plants and related industries.

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