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Thursday, Nov 12

GM offers its Spring Hill workers 840 jobs in Michigan

Thumbnail CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- General Motors has offered union workers at the automaker's soon-to-be idled Spring Hill assembly plant 840 jobs at Delta Township, Mich., where GM is relocating production of the Chevrolet Traverse.

This article also contains excerpts from Yahoo! News, San Francisco Chronicle, WXYZ, Detroit Free Press, Lansing State Journal, WBIR-TV, Knoxville News Sentinel, Columbia Daily Herald, Manufacturing.net, Marshall County Tribune

Monday, Jul 13

GM gives Spring Hill workers two options for move

Employees can take the chance that Spring Hill may one day get another GM vehicle to build, or they can seek an immediate paycheck by following the Chevrolet Traverse crossover vehicle to a plant in Lansing, Mich.

Saturday, Jun 13

I-40 reopens in Knoxville

 TN The procession was led by a Chevrolet Traverse, a Volkswagen Beetle and a Nissan Maxima — representing the three companies that build or will build autos in Tennessee — and began after officials punched a large, red button that also sent ...

Wednesday, Jun 10

Spring Hill workers torn between buyout offer, GM plant's ...

 TN Last week, GM announced the plant would go idle in November and production of the Chevrolet Traverse would shift to a facility in Lansing, Mich. Spring Hill probably will compete with at least two other GM plants in Michigan and Wisconsin to build a ...

Monday, Jun 8

GM extends summer shutdown at Spring Hill additional weeks

Thumbnail By Bonna Johnson • THE TENNESSEAN • June 8, 2009 General Motors is extending the summer shutdown of the Spring Hill assembly plant's production of the Chevrolet Traverse crossover vehicle to eight weeks, officials announced today. GM had previously ...

Tuesday, Jun 2

Automotive supply firms await fate

 TN Workers for in-house suppliers to the GM plant in Spring Hill are bracing for the possibility of layoffs amid uncertainty over how long the plant will be idled when production of the Chevrolet Traverse crossover vehicle shifts to Michigan. ...

This article also contains excerpts from Consumer reports, U.S. News Rankings & Reviews, autotraderca (WordPress), WM Experts, Canada.com, Longmont Daily Times-Call, Columbus Dispatch, Detroit Free Press, MLive.com, Boston Herald, The Reporter, Examiner.com, Cars.com, Automotive News, The Chattanoogan, New York Times, Chattanooganow, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Gary Post Tribune, Exchange Morning Post

Monday, Jun 1

GM Spring Hill losing Traverse, but might get new small car

General Motors' Spring Hill plant may be in line to get the new small car that the automaker announced last week that it would build in the United States, even though the facility will lose the Chevrolet Traverse crossover utility vehicle that launched at the Tennessee plant last fall.

Sunday, May 24

Spring Hill holds its breath

Thumbnail United Auto Workers Local 1853 President Mike O'Rourke said that in his opinion, the future of the hundreds of jobs at the assembly plant, which now makes the Chevrolet Traverse crossover utility vehicle, rests on a "coin flip" as GM prepares to phase ...

This article also contains excerpts from Yahoo! News, San Francisco Chronicle, WXYZ, Detroit Free Press, Lansing State Journal, WBIR-TV, Knoxville News Sentinel, Columbia Daily Herald, Manufacturing.net, Marshall County Tribune

Tuesday, Apr 28

GM culls Pontiac in fight to surviveVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Thumbnail GM didn't identify the additional plants it will close to achieve deeper cuts in hourly workers, but the Spring Hill plant, which assembles the Chevrolet Traverse crossover vehicle and builds four-cylinder engines for other GM cars doesn't appear to be ...

Saturday, Apr 25

Government injects another $2 billion into keeping GM afloat

 TN - Todd Spangler The GM plant in Spring Hill, which makes the Chevrolet Traverse crossover vehicle, will go dark for five weeks this summer. Workers said they were relieved that the forced break wasn't twice as long. On Friday, the company would not deny reports that ...

Thursday, Apr 23

GM to shut down Spring Hill Traverse production for 5 weeks

Thumbnail s Spring Hill, Tenn., assembly plant will stop production of the Chevrolet Traverse crossover utility vehicle for five weeks, from June 8-July 10, as part of a plan the automaker announced today to trim 190000 vehicles from its 2009 production schedule ...

Tuesday, Apr 21

GM layoffs include Spring Hill

 TN Neary said that all GM plants "are impacted in some form or fashion" by the layoffs. The Spring Hill plant has a total of 3200 employees building the Chevrolet Traverse crossover utility vehicle and four-cylinder engines for other GM vehicles. ...

Thursday, Apr 16

Dealers offer to buy Saturn

 TN The GM plant there has now been converted to build the Chevrolet Traverse crossover vehicle. "We think there is a good business model for Saturn in the marketplace, and we are working in concert with our retailers to find the right solution," Saturn ...

Thursday, Apr 2

Declines still big, but activity picked up in late March

 TN GM said it sold 15000 more cars, 11000 more trucks and 3000 more crossovers than it did during February. The company sold 6509 of the Spring Hill-built Chevrolet Traverse crossover utility vehicles in March, up from 6417 in February. ...

Tuesday, Feb 3

GM, Chrysler plan buyouts

 TN - Feb 3, 2009 But more temporary shutdowns are planned, including two weeks beginning March 2 for the Spring Hill plant, which assembles the Chevrolet Traverse crossover ...

 
 

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