Lear to close; GM lays off 200
By TONY TAGLIAVIA
GRAND RAPIDS - More layoffs and job losses hit West Michigan Tuesday with the announcement from two area auto-related companies.
More than 100 workers will be cut from the Lear plant in Walker. Employees told 24 Hour News 8 the auto supplier announced the gradual cuts this week. They'll lay off employees until the plant is shut down next year.
"I know a lot of people are really upset after today and everything," employee Michelle Bosowski told 24 Hour News 8. "It's just, this is Michigan, this is the automotive industry. This is what's happening, unfortunately."
Reached by phone, a Lear vice president wouldn't confirm or deny the layoffs and closure, and said the company makes those announcement to the workers.
The Walker city manager told 24 Hour News 8 she hasn't gotten official word on this closure.
The General Motors plant on 36th Street in Wyoming will begin schedule layoffs during a slow period for the company. Fewer than 200 employees will be temporarily laid off during the holidays, beginning November 20. GM will start with volunteers for the layoffs, then move to those with the least seniority in production and skilled trade jobs.
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GRAND RAPIDS - More layoffs and job losses hit West Michigan Tuesday with the announcement from two area auto-related companies.
More than 100 workers will be cut from the Lear plant in Walker. Employees told 24 Hour News 8 the auto supplier announced the gradual cuts this week. They'll lay off employees until the plant is shut down next year.
"I know a lot of people are really upset after today and everything," employee Michelle Bosowski told 24 Hour News 8. "It's just, this is Michigan, this is the automotive industry. This is what's happening, unfortunately."
Reached by phone, a Lear vice president wouldn't confirm or deny the layoffs and closure, and said the company makes those announcement to the workers.
The Walker city manager told 24 Hour News 8 she hasn't gotten official word on this closure.
The General Motors plant on 36th Street in Wyoming will begin schedule layoffs during a slow period for the company. Fewer than 200 employees will be temporarily laid off during the holidays, beginning November 20. GM will start with volunteers for the layoffs, then move to those with the least seniority in production and skilled trade jobs.
Find thousands of Bilingual jobs at LatPro.com.
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