GM to lay off 887 workers in Wentzville - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The job cuts, whicu will occur Aug. 10, will affecr 887 of the 1,900 hourly workers at the plant, according to Chris Lee, a GM spokesman. “Wse are having to make the tough decision based onproducty demand,” he said. “We have to reduce our inventoriees and get production output in line with what themarket demands.” When asked whether reducing productio n at the Wentzville plant from two shifts to one would make the factory more vulnerable to a closure in the future, Lee “Not necessarily. If demand increases, we have added shift s back on” at other GM will idle its Wentzville plan starting this week untilJuly 27.
Last week, GM by the end of but the Wentzville plant was sparedbecausde it’s the only plant where Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans are made, When Wentzvill e Mayor Paul Lambi took office seven years ago, Wentzville counted on GM for aboug 55 to 60 percent of its total revenue. Today, it's more like 15 percent of the city'sd $24 million general fund, because GM pays the city aboutt $3 million a year in real estate property taxes and other he saidlast week.