Parts Shortage Idles GM Sport Utility Plant

The Associated Press, 30 Jan 2001

MORAINE, Ohio (AP) - General Motors Corp. says a parts shortage has forced a temporary halt in production at its sport utility assembly plant in this Dayton suburb, forcing temporary layoffs for about 2,000 workers.

"The plant is not running because there is a parts shortage," GM spokesman Dan Flores said Tuesday. "We're confident that we'll get the issue resolved as quickly as possible."

Flores would not identify the part or say how long production will be shut down but said GM is confident the issue will be resolved in the "near future."

Workers at the plant - which operates 20 hours a day six days a week - were sent home early on Monday and did not report Tuesday.

If production remains shut down Wednesday, it would affect a third crew of 1,000 workers, who are scheduled to report then.

The plant assembles GM's new 2002 mid-sized SUVs - the Oldsmobile Bravada, the GMC Envoy and the Chevrolet Trailblazer. None of the new vehicles have left the plant, Flores said.

Most of the affected workers will receive 95 percent of their regular pay during the layoff, according to International Union of Electronic Workers Local 798.

-- Andre Weltman (aweltman@state.pa.us), January 30, 2001

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