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http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041230/NEWS03/412300341/1001/news
GM cuts work at Craft Centre
Too many SSRs means work to halt for 5 weeks
LANSING TWP. - Citing an overstock of Chevrolet SSRs, General Motors Corp. is cutting five weeks of production at Lansing Craft Centre.
"We're bringing inventory levels in line with market demand," GM spokeswoman Kim Carpenter said Wednesday.
The plant's 500 employees make the $42,555 retro-style roadster.
Through the end of November, workers there had produced 15,055 SSRs this year, but only 8,538 had been sold, according to trade magazine Automotive News.
GM had a 301-day supply of the vehicles on hand at the end of November. Automakers strive to have a 60-day supply.
"GM remains committed to the Chevy SSR and our customers," read an undated plant memo from Lansing Craft Centre that announced the layoffs.
Production is cut for the weeks of Jan. 3, Jan. 10, Jan. 31, Feb. 7 and Feb. 28.
The plant's salaried workers will report to work during those weeks.
Laid-off workers will get unemployment and supplemental unemployment benefits totaling 95 percent of their net pay.
Except for a previously announced week of layoffs at Lansing Car Assembly during the week of Jan. 3, the Craft Centre furloughs are the only GM layoffs on the calendar at this time, Carpenter said.
By Barbara Wieland
Lansing State Journal
http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041230/NEWS03/412300341/1001/news
GM cuts work at Craft Centre
Too many SSRs means work to halt for 5 weeks
LANSING TWP. - Citing an overstock of Chevrolet SSRs, General Motors Corp. is cutting five weeks of production at Lansing Craft Centre.
"We're bringing inventory levels in line with market demand," GM spokeswoman Kim Carpenter said Wednesday.
The plant's 500 employees make the $42,555 retro-style roadster.
Through the end of November, workers there had produced 15,055 SSRs this year, but only 8,538 had been sold, according to trade magazine Automotive News.
GM had a 301-day supply of the vehicles on hand at the end of November. Automakers strive to have a 60-day supply.
"GM remains committed to the Chevy SSR and our customers," read an undated plant memo from Lansing Craft Centre that announced the layoffs.
Production is cut for the weeks of Jan. 3, Jan. 10, Jan. 31, Feb. 7 and Feb. 28.
The plant's salaried workers will report to work during those weeks.
Laid-off workers will get unemployment and supplemental unemployment benefits totaling 95 percent of their net pay.
Except for a previously announced week of layoffs at Lansing Car Assembly during the week of Jan. 3, the Craft Centre furloughs are the only GM layoffs on the calendar at this time, Carpenter said.
By Barbara Wieland
Lansing State Journal