The third production shift at a Lansing factory will be cut.
General Motors will cut its third shift at a Lansing, Michigan-area assembly plant in May after a product line moved out of state.
Employees at the Delta Township stamping plant were told on Monday, March 6, that the plant will go down to two shifts.
The move affects 1,100 positions. Most are hourly workers, with about 14 salaried.
Here's is where the jobs went: GM announced in 2016 that it chose its plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, to build the new GMC Acadia.
About 800 new jobs were created in that state as a result - and GM announced in January that it was adding a third shift in Spring Hill.
A GM spokeswoman said this morning in an email that the number of impacted employees in Delta Township could be fewer than 1,100, since some on the shift are on sick leave or plan retirements.
"(We) won't know for sure until we get through the shift reduction," said Erin Davis.
The current UAW/GM National Agreement will determine any placement opportunities for affected employees, such as area hire rights or extended area hire rights.
With three shifts, Delta Township employs 3.252. By June, that number is forecast to be 2,368.
GM's workforce in Spring Hill is 4,097, according to its website. There also are 1,171 third-party service providers.
One example of how jobs follow automakers when they shift facilities: Comprehensive Logistics just laid off 138 in Michigan as it also expanded in Spring Hill.
The shift cut is the second for GM in Michigan this year. The automaker announced in late 2016 that it would cut the second shift at the Hamtramck Assembly plant in Detroit.
It also cut 839 jobs at its Grand River Assembly plant, also near Lansing, in 2016.
But its also adding jobs to the state: Examples are production of the Chevrolet Bolt EV in Lake Orion and 450 jobs coming with it moves pickup production from Mexico to Michigan.
Sales for the redesigned Acadia reached 17,680 units year-to-date, according to recent GM sales figures.
Meanwhile, the Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Traverse will continue to be built at 3.6 million-square-foot Lansing Delta Township as part of GM's $583 million in investments in the facility since 2014.
Since 2010, GM has announced investments of more than $2 billion for the Spring Hill operations. According to the company: "This includes a $148-million investment announced in February (2016) to repurpose flexible machining and assembly equipment to build V8 engines."