GM to invest $877M in Flint truck plant - The Detroit News
Flint — General Motors Co. will invest $877 million in its Flint Assembly Plant to build a new body shop, located closer to the Flint Metal Center, the supplier of sheet metal and parts used in vehicle production at the plant. The Detroit automaker Tuesday said the investment completes the $5. 4 billion in U. S. facility announcements it has made since late April. GM said the investments over the next three years at U. S. plants will create 650 new jobs, primarily at two other Michigan facilities. “It’s fitting, I think, that the grand finale is right here in Flint Assembly plant in the city of our birth,” GM North America manufacturing and labor relations vice president Cathy Clegg said during an event at the plant. The announcement comes amid the automaker’s contract talks with the United Auto Workers union. GM has made several investment announcements over the past few months ahead of the talks. Typically, automakers make vehicle and investment commitments as part of contracts. After the announcement, both separately told reporters that the company and union don’t believe it benefits either to hold investments back just because it’s a contract negotiation year. “Why hold an investment back that we want to happen now that’s good for the company. Clegg said the company is in constant communication with the union and investments are announced at times that best benefit the company and its. Source: www.detroitnews.com
