Gashi Automobile News According to “Automotive News”, General Motors ‘Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas, USA will begin laying off workers in November.
Photo source: Chevrolet, General Motors submitted a document to Kansas under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, in which it stated that the Fairfax assembly plant will carry out two rounds of layoffs, totaling 1695 people.
Among them, the first round of layoffs will begin on November 18, including the temporary dismissal of 686 full-time employees and 250 temporary workers.
starting from January 12 next year, another 759 full-time employees will be temporarily dismissed.
GM said in the filing that the first production shift at the Fairfax plant will last until January.
At that time, the factory will also suspend production of the Cadillac XT4 compact crossover.
Subsequently, the factory will be renovated and will produce the next generation Chevrolet Bolt EV and gasoline version XT4 models in the future.
, In a contract signed with the United Automobile Workers (UAW) last fall, GM committed to investing $391 million in the Fairfax plant.
In May this year, the automaker said the plant would resume production later in 2025.
A GM spokesman said in a statement,”To facilitate the installation of new tools, employees at the (Fairfax plant) will be temporarily dismissed until production resumes in mid-2025, and affected employees will receive support under the terms of the agreement between the UAW and GM.
” When production resumes in 2025, the Fairfax plant will produce new Bolt EV models.
“, In 2023, the Bolt EV, based on an older battery architecture, will be suspended at the Orion assembly plant near Detroit so that the plant can be renovated to produce electric Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size size pickups.
General Motors has pointed out that it will redesign the Bolt model on its Ultium EV platform in 2025.
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