General Motors revived its Warren Transmission factory to build medical face masks, but its long-term fate remains unknown. “In 2018, GM said it would restructure the company by cutting some 4,000 salaried jobs and idling four U.S. plants, Warren being one of them,” said the Detroit Free Press. “But last summer, union members had insisted the plant can one day be restarted to build more cars or parts for GM and that hope lingers.” (Source: Detroit Free Press) Read the original story…
Todd Phillips is the editorial director of Universus Media Group Inc. and the editor of Canadian auto dealer magazine. Todd can be reached at tphillips@universusmedia.com.
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