GM Lordstown sending new workers to school

Five-hundred workers are attending orientation sessions this week.

LORDSTOWN — Hundreds of General Motors Corp. employees have been attending orientation sessions over the last couple of weeks to prepare them for their new jobs at the Lordstown plant.

Five-hundred workers are expected to report for the training this week, said GM spokesman Chris Lee.

Groups of new hires and transferring employees from other plants have been gathering at Lordstown High School for the week-long sessions, during which they learn about the company in general and its policies, workplace safety, benefits and the workers union. The workers are a combination of those hired to work the third shift, which GM announced was scheduled to start August 4, and those hired as replacements for the company’s special attrition program that was effective July 1.

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