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Updated: 10:33 AM Dec 23, 2008
Last SUV Made At Janesville Rolls Off The Assembly Line
Vehicle Production Ended Tuesday at 7:30 a.m.
Posted: 8:49 AM Dec 23, 2008 |
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The 1,200 people losing jobs when General Motors ended SUV production Tuesday aren't alone.
Suppliers that served the Janesville factory and either have shut down or are in the process of closing will raise the total to about 2,000 newly unemployed workers in the area.
Lear Corporation, which supplies interiors and seating systems, ended its regular production in Janesville last Thursday. A small staff stayed on through today. About 20 are expected to stay for another two or three months to break down operations.
Lear had notified the state it would be laying off 371 workers. LSI and its sister company, Flint Special Services, which have staged materials for the GM assembly line, told the state they're closing their Janesville operations, laying off 187.
At the GM plant, the end of SUV production means the elimination of more than 1,200 jobs. Only about 50 workers will stay on to build Isuzu trucks through May.
