General Motors said Monday that it planned to idle three car plants and two transmission plants in North America and cut several thousand blue-collar and salaried jobs in a bid to trim costs as the auto sector slows.
The plants include a factory in Lordstown, Ohio, that makes the Chevrolet Cruze compact; the Detroit-Hamtramck plant, where the Chevrolet Volt, Buick LaCrosse and Cadillac CT6 are produced; and its plant in Oshawa, Ontario, which makes the Chevrolet Impala. The two transmission plants are in Baltimore and in Warren, Mich.
