GM, union strive to put job cut rumors to rest

LORDSTOWN — Union leaders at the Lordstown car plant are trying to stop rumors that big job cuts are coming.

Talk that GM is eliminating the plant’s midnight shift or making other cuts has grown so strong that leaders issued a flier to members Friday.

“There are many rumors running rampant throughout the plant, and that’s exactly what they are, rumors,” officers of United Auto Workers Local 1112 said.

Ben Strickland, shop chairman of the local, said in an interview that he speaks with plant management every day and has been assured that no staffing cuts have been approved.

Chris Lee, a GM spokesman, said the company aligns production with demand and hasn’t seen the need to trim the number of Chevrolet Cobalts and Pontiac G5s made in Lordstown.

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