GM says 6,000 workers left through attrition program

RP news wires, Noria Corporation
In support of its goals to reinvent the company as a leaner, more cost-competitive company, General Motors Company on August 3 announced that more than 6,000 U.S. hourly workers participated in the company's special attrition program. This represents the total number of employees most of whom departed the company August 1, 2009.

"We are pleased with the number of eligible employees who participated in the attrition program," said Diana Tremblay, GM North America vice president of Labor Relations. "One of the very tough, but necessary actions to position the company for long-term viability and success is to reduce our total U.S. workforce, both hourly and salaried employees."

Of the 6,000 employees who opted to take the separation, approximately 40 percent of participants were skilled trade employees, while 35 percent of participants were buyouts.

"Given the fact that this is the second special attrition program we offered this year, the program's success would indicate that employees had more clarity about the future of their facility," Tremblay said. "Results of this special attrition program will help GM lower its employment cost and close the competitive gap."

With the completion of the latest program, approximately 66,000 U.S. hourly workers have left GM under a special attrition program since 2006. 

GM Special Attrition Program Final Results

August 3, 2009

Business
Unit

Description

Total

 

 

 

GMVO Technical Staffs

 

 

 

 

    Milford

10

    Warren

83

 

 

 

Totals for Division:

GMVO Technical Staffs

93

 

 

 

GM Manufacturing Assembly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Doraville

23

    Bowling Green

55

    Fairfax

184

    Detroit/Hamtramck

58

    Orion

451

    Oklahoma City

3

    Lansing Craft Center

1

    Lansing Body Assembly

101

    Spring Hill Manufacturing

450

    Lordstown Assembly

136

    Wilmington

482

    Shreveport Assembly

215

    Wentzville

120

    Janesville

234

    Pontiac

306

    Arlington

145

    Baltimore

2

    Flint Assembly

142

    Fort Wayne Assembly

110

    Lansing Main

133

 

 

 

Totals for Division:

GM Manufacturing Assembly

3351

 

 

 

GM Manufacturing Stamping

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Lordstown Fabrication

49

    Indianapolis

113

    Flint Metal Fabricating

48

    Parma Pressed Metal

88

    Grand Rapids Metal Fabricating

47

    Marion

69

    Mansfield

574

    Pontiac

187

    Pittsburgh

17

    Flint Tool & Die

13

 

 

 

Totals for Division:

GM Manufacturing Stamping

1205

 

 

 

Service and Parts Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Boston (Westwood)

23

    Chicago (Broadview)

12

    Cincinnati

18

    Denver

6

    Drayton Plains

2

    Flint

26

    Fort Worth

9

    Jacksonville

12

    Lansing

5

    Los Angeles

14

    Martinsburg

14

    Minneapolis

8

    Philadelphia (Ben Salem)

5

    Pontiac

23

    St. Louis

11

    Wayne-Nat. Return Center

3

    Willow Run

26

    SPO Charlotte NC

15

    SPO Jackson MS

6

    Reno

11

    SPO ACD Fontana

4

    SPO Columbus ACD

19

 

 

 

Totals for Division:

Service and Parts Operations

272

 

 

 

GM Powertrain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Flint Site

112

    Livonia

5

    Flint Engine

37

    Romulus

63

    Bay City

18

    Tonawanda Engine

146

    Toledo

56

    Warren

38

    Willow Run

357

    Fredericksburg

45

    Defiance

65

    Bedford

42

    Massena

16

    Saginaw - Metal Castings Operations

47

    Saginaw- Malleable Iron

2

    Indianapolis

 

    Allison Transmission/Baltimore

12

    Manual Trans. of Muncie, LLC

5

 

 

 

Totals for Division:

GM Powertrain

1066

 

 

 

GM Manufacturing Engineering

 

 

 

  

 

    Grand Blanc

32

  

 

 

 

Totals for Division:

GM Manufacturing Engineering

32

Total For Corporation:

 

6024