AP Sources: GM to shut many US plants up to 9 weeks

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: Yahoo News

DETROIT – General Motors Corp. is planning to temporarily close most of its U.S. factories for up to nine weeks this summer because of slumping sales and growing inventories of unsold vehicles, two people briefed on the plan said Wednesday.

The exact dates of the closures are not known, but both people said they will occur around the normal two-week shutdown in July to change from one model year to the next. Neither person wanted to be identified because workers have not been told of the shutdowns.

GM spokesman Chris Lee would not comment other than to say the company notifies employees before making any production cuts public.

One of the people briefed on the plan said a few plants that make more popular models could remain open for part of the shutdown period, but at reduced assembly line speeds.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090422/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gm_factories

[Deja Q]

1. Note:

http://www.google.com/search?q=GM+Chinese+parts

Could the reason for GM cars being so crappy is because... they bought the parts from China, what with their history of mine quality manufacturing and all? :sarcasm:

If the globalists who say we're all interconnected and all is even remotely truthful, then those responsible in China have GOT to be held to some accountability. :shrug:

[msongs]

2. GM at the plant level is responsible for parts that actually go on cars nt

[Romulox]

3. Yours is the worst sort of internet muckraking.

In particular, care to document your assertion that GM cars are "so crappy"? :hi:

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/03/19/jaguar-and-buick-upset-lexus-in-j-d-power-2009-vehicle-dependab/

[demosincebirth]

5. I love my Buick!

[Kolesar]

9. Are you trying to be funny?

It is hard to tell from your post. As for tagging it as sarcasm: how is that sarcasm??

[Purveyor]

4. Well this should drive the US unemployment rate up over 10% and the Michigan rate to over

14%...

[MikeNearMcChord]

6. Question from the cheap seats(and forgive me for some language)

Does anybody in DC even give a F%^K about what is going on out here in the flyover country?

[crikkett]

7. Is that just short of the limits on unemployment insurance?

So that they'd lay off people, let them collect unemployment insurance and then rehire them before it runs out?

Just wondering. I'm a 1099er so I just starve when there's no work.

[CountAllVotes]

8. even though I don't own an American car ...

I am sad to see this happening.

My mother loved her Buick Regal and her Camero.

:dem: :kick: