Lordstown’s union leaders work to halt rumor mill

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

Talk of the elimination of the plant’s midnight shift and other cutbacks had grown to such a level that leaders issued a flier to members today.

“There are many rumors running rampant throughout the plant, and that’s exactly what they are, rumors,” the leaders 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.

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