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By Don Shilling
Youngstown Vindicator
POSTED: 11:48 a.m. EDT, Sep 08, 2008
LORDSTOWN: General Motors is asking its midnight shift workers at its Lordstown complex if they would come in for extra Saturday hours so it can pump out more cars to dealers.
''We're trying to work as much overtime as we can so we can satisfy demand,'' said Chris Lee, a GM spokesman.
The complex has overtime scheduled the next four Saturdays, although the number of shifts will vary.
Only two shifts had been scheduled for last Saturday, but GM has determined it needs to boost production further. The plant produces about 500 cars a shift.
The added production stands to be welcomed by dealers that sell the Chevrolet Cobalt made at the plant.
U.S. sales of the Cobalt fell by 27 percent last month, but an area car dealer said that was because supply was low. Barry Gonis, general manager of Spitzer Chevrolet in North Jackson, said he couldn't get enough cars to sell in August because of strong sales in previous months. He said he is carrying more than three times his normal inventory of Cobalts in September so he can meet customer demand.
GM is asking for midnight workers to volunteer for overtime because of national labor contract rules. Mandatory overtime can be scheduled, but the contract has restrictions on how many consecutive Saturdays workers can be required to work.
In order to fill all three shifts last Saturday, workers had to be surveyed to see if they would volunteer, Lee said.
From the Vindicator, http://www.vindy.com.
LORDSTOWN: General Motors is asking its midnight shift workers at its Lordstown complex if they would come in for extra Saturday hours so it can pump out more cars to dealers.
''We're trying to work as much overtime as we can so we can satisfy demand,'' said Chris Lee, a GM spokesman.
The complex has overtime scheduled the next four Saturdays, although the number of shifts will vary.
Only two shifts had been scheduled for last Saturday, but GM has determined it needs to boost production further. The plant produces about 500 cars a shift.
The added production stands to be welcomed by dealers that sell the Chevrolet Cobalt made at the plant.
U.S. sales of the Cobalt fell by 27 percent last month, but an area car dealer said that was because supply was low. Barry Gonis, general manager of Spitzer Chevrolet in North Jackson, said he couldn't get enough cars to sell in August because of strong sales in previous months. He said he is carrying more than three times his normal inventory of Cobalts in September so he can meet customer demand.
GM is asking for midnight workers to volunteer for overtime because of national labor contract rules. Mandatory overtime can be scheduled, but the contract has restrictions on how many consecutive Saturdays workers can be required to work.
In order to fill all three shifts last Saturday, workers had to be surveyed to see if they would volunteer, Lee said.
From the Vindicator, http://www.vindy.com.
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Akron, OH
Posted 03:12 PM, 09/08/2008
Man, it can take up to 45 minutes to get a post up with this new system. Way to go, ABJ.
Akron, OH
Posted 03:16 PM, 09/08/2008
Why are you pulling a post that is questioning the productivity level the plant is achieving while working overtime? Is UAW a banned word?
Akron, OH
Posted 03:32 PM, 09/08/2008
Maybe the third time is a charm. Does anyone know if they are getting the 150% productivity level at the plant that they are paying their workers for???
