General Motors has announced that it will eliminate its second shift at the automakers Pontiac Truck plant beginning in May 2008. The Pontiac Truck plant — which builds the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra — will be idled due to a decrease in the demand for full-sized pickup trucks.
Although GM failed to mention how many workers would be impacted by the shift elimination, it is believed that as many as 900 of the plant’s 2,700 workers could be jobless come spring.
“We wanted to let employees know fairly early,†Tom Wickham, a spokesman for GM told the Detroit Free Press. “Given the market conditions and sales figures in the full-size segment continuing to shrink we need to be smart about managing inventory levels.â€
Earlier this week, GM announced that it was eliminating one shift at its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center.
