GM to lay off 1,300 workers in Michigan as Chevy ends Camaro, Bolt production

General Motors (GM) disclosed plans to lay off 1,300 workers from two Michigan plants as it ends production of the iconic Chevrolet Camaro and electric Chevrolet Bolt.

GM will lay off 945 workers from the Orion Subsystem facility in Lake Orion, Mich., according to a new Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letter. The company is ending production of the Chevrolet Bolt model built at the plant at the end of this year.

Another 369 workers represented at the Lansing Grand River Assembly/Stamping facility are also facing cuts starting next month, according to a separate letter, as the company ends the production of the Chevrolet Camaro.

“Lansing Grand River Assembly informed employees today that the plant will adjust staffing levels due to the end of Camaro production,” GM said in a statement to several media outlets.

“As a result, about 350 employees will be affected beginning Jan. 2. GM anticipates having job opportunities for all impacted team members per the provisions of the UAW-GM National Agreement.”

The affected employees are represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, which negotiated historic contracts with GM as well as Ford and Stellantis this fall. Union members ratified deals with the three major automakers in mid-November.

“We were unable to provide more notice of this Additional Planned Action because the most recent Collective Bargaining Agreement was not ratified until approximately a week ago,” wrote Justin Wicker, GM’s director of human resources and labor relations, in the letter for Orion Assembly dated Dec. 1.

“Once ratified, we had to identify the structural changes to the workforce at the Orion Subsystem facility with the inclusion of Subsystems into the bargaining unit, and determine what layoffs were required by the structural changes. We are providing as much notice as is practicable under the circumstances.”

Wicker went on to write that there may be placement opportunities for most or all of the laid off workers at other local GM plants.

Neither GM nor the UAW immediately responded to The Hill’s requests for comment.