(6 Dec 2018) Three Ohio congressmen met with the head of General Motors Wednesday in Washington in their bid to keep an assembly plant from closing, urging her to give auto workers a chance at a new line of electric vehicles soon headed into production.
GM announced last week it will stop making the Chevy Cruze at its Lordstown, Ohio, plant by March and is considering closing the plant for good. It's part of a massive restructuring for the Detroit-based automaker.
Republican Sen. Rob Portman and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown said they urged GM chief executive Mary Barra to keep the plant open to avoid devastating consequences for Ohio's Mahoning Valley. She also met with Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, whose district includes the plant.
Already, 3,000 jobs have been eliminated at the plant since the beginning of 2017. GM has about 1,500 workers left at the Lordstown plant.
Barra said the company is working with the United Auto Workers union to explore training and relocation opportunities for affected workers. She said there are opportunities for the Lordstown employees in other locations, including some in Ohio.
Congressman Ryan added that he didn't think General Motors should be punished or have subsidies taken away in connection with the job cuts. President Trump had raised the possibility on Twitter when the job cuts were announced last month.
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