Saturday, October 18, 2008

mar 100/perez - blog

GM supplier Lear which which makes seats for the Chevrolet Suburbans, Tahoes and GMC Yukonswill is set to close its Janesville's plant. This will cost 381 Lear employees to lose their jobs, they will continue to work until December 23. The new was annouced the same day that GM has said it will stop SUV production, eliminating about 1,250 positions. "Everybody expects that, though. Why would you sequence parts into a building that's not making vehicles?" asked John Beckord, president of the nonprofit business association Forward Janesville.


http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/biz/310031

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