GM's usual Christmas news is here

GM to cut 3,900 jobs in Ont. as Oshawa,
St. Catharines plants to close
Last Updated Mon, 21 Nov 2005
12:11:05 EST
CBC News
General Motors plants in Oshawa and St. Catharines,
Ont., will shut down as the automaker announced
Monday it will close 12 North American facilities and
slash 30,000 jobs as part of a plan to return to
profitability.
The Number 1 plant in Oshawa builds the Chevrolet
Monte Carlo and Impala models. The Number 2 plant
currently builds the Pontiac Grand Prix and the Buick
LaCrosse/Allure models, but they are to be phased out
in 2008 and GM has not scheduled a new product to be
built at the facility.
Speaking in Detroit, Wagoner also said the St.
Catharines powertrain plant on Ontario Street West
will cease production in 2008.
The closures mean about 3,880 jobs will be lost in
Canada. The Oshawa Number 2 plant closure will mean
2,750 jobs will go, while 1,000 jobs will be lost with the
end of the third shift at Oshawa Number One plant.
But he said he was hopeful that early retirement
packages and attrition could absorb most or all of the
job cuts at GM.
In the United States, the following assembly plants
will be closed:
Oklahoma City, Okla., in early 2006.
Lansing, Mich., in mid-2006.
Spring Hill, Tenn., at the end of 2006.
Doraville, Ga., in 2008.
The third shift at the company's Moraine, Ohio,
assembly plant will be cut in 2006.
Other GM plants affected by the cuts include:
The Lansing, Mich., metal centre closing in 2006.
The Pittsburg, Pa., metal centre ending production
in 2007.
A parts distribution centre in Portland, Ore., shutting
in 2006.
A parts distribution centre in St. Louis, Mo., which will
be converting to a collision centre in 2006.
A parts processing centre in Ypsilanti, Mich., closing in
2007.
One additional parts processing centre, to be named
later, shutting in 2007.
The Flint, Mich., North 3800 engine facility ceasing
production in 2008.

Yes as usual JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS.
profit makes our world go round.
Well big bosses as long as your car prices remain
above the normal people's pocketbook....You will keep cutting
and cutting. We on the other hand will spend more money
holding on to our cars or buying second hand cars to get
around. The Unions will keep up the bleeding and they will
be back where they started. remember the unions are
using your car prices as collateral.