There are now about 400 members who worked at GM Lordstown still in the area, Local 1112 Vice President Tim O'Hara said.
Hundreds of members of UAW Local 1112 at GM Lordstown have taken transfers to other plants. "You want to do it right," O'Brien said. "You still have to get over the hurdle of the UAW contracts."
Production of Chevrolet Cruze ended in March and the plant has been closed since then. UAW officials have said they will fight to get GM product back into the Lordstown plant and other "unallocated" plants in Michigan and Maryland. The "unallocated" GM Lordstown Plant cannot be sold under the current collective bargaining agreement between the United Auto Workers and GM. We want to welcome them into the community."īut O'Brien is cautious about the opportunity. "There's a lot of opportunity," O'Brien said. "We are trying to set up partnerships with Workhorse. After the meeting, O'Brien learned that if Lordstown Motors is able to purchase the assembly plant in the Mahoning Valley, it would become the company's headquarters and research and development center - a decision Burns confirmed to The News. Sean O'Brien of Bazetta Township last week visited the Cincinnati-based Workhorse and met with Hughes and Burns. The 53-year-old GM assembly plant would be able to stay an auto assembly plant if the deal goes go forward, but it could potentially be more than assembly operation. He's seeking investors to get the $300 million needed for the purchase and retooling of the plant. The Detroit News reported Friday Lordstown Motors founder and CEO Steve Burns is moving forward with plans to purchase the 6.2 million-square-foot GM facility. "From the beginning, we viewed access to the Lordstown facility as a potential competitive advantage to further enable us to win the postal service contract primarily just because of its size, its ability to push through vehicles out of that plant," Hughes said, calling the plant a "potential game changer." He said a trained auto production workforce in the community is a bonus.
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