LOSING JOBS


January 13, 2008 at 12:00a.m.

LOSING JOBS

GM Lordstown

Hourly workers at General Motors’ Lordstown complex has steadily declined since 1985. A van plant at Lordstown closed in 1992. The Chevrolet Cavalier was made there from 1982 to 2005; Pontiac Sunfire, 1995 to 2005; and Cobalt and Pontiac G5 came in 2004:

1985: 11,700

1990: 10,800

1995: 9,900

2000: 7,400

2005: 5,300

2006: 3,700

2008: 3,400

Sources: GM and Vindicator files