General Motors Co. (IW 500/3) said it will lay off 2,000 workers at two plants in Ohio and Michigan as U.S. sales of its Chevrolet Camaro sports car and Chevy Cruze compact have slumped this year.
The automaker said it’s eliminating the third shift at a factory in Lansing, Mich. that makes the Camaro and another in Lordstown, Ohio, where GM builds the Cruze.
GM is treating the layoffs as permanent, but some workers may be able to transfer to openings at other plants, spokesman Tom Wickham said in a phone interview.
