Much must happen before GM returns to Janesville
By JIM LEUTE - Thursday, May 12, 2011
JANESVILLE --
When General Motors laid out aggressive expansion plans Tuesday, speculation again turned to Janesville, where the automaker shuttered its 4.8 million-square-foot plant in 2009.
Spring Hill plant expected to get engine-building nod
By ASSOCIATED PRESS AND GAZETTE STAFF - Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010CHATTANOOGA, TENN. -- General Motors plans to recall about 400 idled union workers to its plant at Spring Hill to build four-cylinder engines for its mid-size crossover vehicles, an official said Tuesday.
Odds against Janesville GM plant
By GAZETTE STAFF - Friday, Aug. 6, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Standby factory could reopen, chairman says
GM could reactivate standby plant
By BETH WHEELOCK - Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010
The company could also choose to reactivate the plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee.
Former GMers face transfer deadlines
By JIM LEUTE - Tuesday, May 11, 2010
JANESVILLE --
The clock is ticking for more than 100 laid-off employees at the General Motors plant in Janesville who recently were offered jobs at the automaker’s facility in Lordstown, Ohio.
Reopening GM plant still a longshot
By JIM LEUTE - Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Despite recent comments by GM North American President Mark Reuss, industry observers say talk of reopening a plant in Janesville or Spring Hill, Tenn., is wildly premature.
More Janesville GM workers get jobs in Fort Wayne
By JIM LEUTE - Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010
JANESVILLE --
Nearly 70 more displaced General Motors' employees in Janesville will soon be back on the line.
Life after GM
By ANNA MARIE LUX - Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009
JANESVILLE --
Ex-auto industry workers return to school for new careers
Small city in Missouri is one family’s destination for starting a new life
By ANNA MARIE LUX - Monday, Dec. 21, 2009
SMITHVILLE, MO. --
Vaughn Gilson, 46, started at the Fairfax plant in July. Today, the Gilsons rent a split-level duplex, decorated with a fresh Christmas tree, in the quiet community of Smithville, Mo.
Displaced GM workers getting accustomed to long commute
By ANNA MARIE LUX - Monday, Dec. 21, 2009
JANESVILLE --
In the last 12 months, the Brennans have learned how to adapt to a life they never dreamed they would be living.
Benefits will end in 2010 for many ex-autoworkers
By JIM LEUTE - Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009
JANESVILLE --
When the benefits run dry, the local economy will be really parched. That's been the refrain since General Motors announced in 2008 it would first trim and then end production at its storied Janesville assembly plant.
City braces for impact when cushions go away
By JIM LEUTE - Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009
Sweeping layoffs fueled by the demise of the local automotive manufacturing sector made a challenging economy even more difficult in 2009.
Ex-GM workers asked to repay benefits
By JIM LEUTE - Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009
JANESVILLE -- Several hundred laid off General Motors employees in the Janesville area have been asked to repay overpayments in Supplemental Unemployment Benefits they received earlier this year.
Fewer and fewer GM workers remain in Janesville
By JIM LEUTE - Friday, Oct. 23, 2009
JANESVILLE -- General Motors, the once dominant employer in Janesville, has whittled its local workforce down to about 575 people through buyouts, retirements and transfers to other plants.
Union concessions big part of $409 million incentive package in failed bid
By JIM LEUTE - Monday, Sept. 14, 2009
JANESVILLE --
Concessions by United Auto Workers Local 95 accounted for more than half of the state's $409 million incentive package that failed to convince General Motors to park small car production at its shuttered Janesville plant.
Workers getting by, but benefits will end
By TED SULLIVAN - Monday, Aug. 10, 2009
JANESVILLE -- Collecting unemployment and spending less helps the couple get by, but about 360 Lear and 132 LSI workers laid off in July 2008 could lose their unemployment checks in a couple weeks.
Control of GM site is key to redevelopment
By JIM LEUTE - Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009
JANESVILLE --
When it comes to any redevelopment of the shuttered General Motors property in Janesville, the challenges are enormous and a final decision ultimately will come from Detroit.
Filmmaker to look at life after GM
By STACY VOGEL - Tuesday, July 28, 2009
JANESVILLE --
Reporters from across the country descended on Janesville when General Motors ended production here in December.
Janesville workers take GM buyout
By JIM LEUTE - Friday, July 24, 2009
JANESVILLE --
More than 200 workers at the General Motors assembly plant in Janesville met Thursday’s deadline to take up the automaker on its latest early retirement/buyout program.
Jobs are good for laid-off GM workers, but exodus is bad for city
By JIM LEUTE - Wednesday, July 15, 2009
JANESVILLE -- About 170 laid-off General Motors' workers in the Janesville area could be back on the job as early as Monday in Kansas City, Kan.
