Fairfax GM Layoff Notices Climb To 1700

Update . . .

LAYOFF NOTICES AT LOCAL GM FACILITIES KEEP RISING!!!

The numbers started closer to 500 and now the total has TRIPLED in less than 48 hours.

This is a good time to remember the proverbial American truism . . . 

“As goes GM, so goes the Nation” is attributed to Charles Wilson, CEO of General Motors, in Congressional hearings 1953

Moreover . . .

News of layoffs started Friday with assurances about GM retooling their Fairfax facility as they switched production on the Malibu and move to EV manufacturing. Now, as the layoff  notices get more detailed, we're getting word of more terminations added to the job loss numbers that seem to indicate decreased GM demand/revenue overall. 

Accordingly . . .

Here's the word . . .

General Motors (GM) will begin laying off 1,695 workers at its Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas, the company said in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice earlier this week.

The first of two rounds of layoffs will begin Nov. 18 and will include the temporary layoff of 686 full-time workers and the termination of 250 temporary employees, Automotive News reported on Saturday citing a company filing to the state of Kansas.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

GM to lay off about 1,700 workers at Kansas plant

A GM spokesperson, confirming the layoffs initially reported by Automotive News, said the first of two rounds will begin on Nov. 18, affecting 686 full-time workers temporarily and terminating 250 temporary employees. Under the second phase, to begin on Jan. 12 of next year, 759 full-time workers will be temporarily laid off, the spokesperson confirmed.

GM to begin laying off about 1,700 workers at Kansas plant, WARN notice shows | CNN Business

General Motors will begin laying off 1,695 workers at its Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas, the company said in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice earlier this week.

UAW Local 31 braces for November layoffs at GM's Fairfax facility

General Motors notified the state of Kansas of its intent to temporarily lay off workers at its Fairfax production facility in Kansas City, Kansas, on Thursday.

Developing . . .