Tuesday, June 17, 2008
About 270 of the new 1,400 jobs at the Lordstown car plant are being taken by Delphi Packard Electric workers.
In a second round of transfers this month, 170 Packard workers agreed Tuesday to shift over to the General Motors plant. They will start June 30 as GM prepares to add a third shift in Lordstown in August.
Ninety-eight Packard workers previously accepted transfers to Lordstown. Those workers started last week and this week.
Mike O’Donnell, shop chairman of Local 717 of the International Union of Electrical Workers at Packard, said he isn’t sure if GM will make more offers.
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