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$42999 MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DETAILS, A2 Tuesday, November 27, 2018 LOCALLY OWNED SINCE 1869 75¢ FACEBOOK.COM/THEVINDICATOR TWITTER.COM/VINDICATOR vindy.com History: Since 1964, Editorial: GM hasn’t Nation: Restructuring GM plant has been slammed door on its refl ects changing US Valley fi xture A8 Valley plant’s future A9 auto markets B6 ‘A new Black Monday’ UNCERTAINTY AT GM LORDSTOWN; CRUZE PRODUCTION ENDS Workers ‘did not see this

David Green, president of coming’ United Auto Workers Local 1112, spoke at Community members the union hall Monday about share thoughts on closure GM’s decision to discontinue Staff report the LORDSTOWN Cruze without Word of the closure of the Lords- a guarantee town GM complex sent ripples of a future throughout the Valley. product for For many, the news conjured the Lordstown images of 1977’s Black Monday plant to build. and the news of the demise of steel mills and the jobs that em- ROBERT K. YOSAY ployed so many. THE VINDICATOR U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of How- By JORDYN GRZELEWSKI Maryland and one in Canada – and land, D-13th, said so much in his initial statement: “Today our [email protected] reduce salaried and salaried con- 2018 VALLEY CLOSURES generation is facing a new Black tract staff by 15 percent. LORDSTOWN Nov. 17: Petco Boardman Monday in the Mahoning Valley. The way Tommy Wolikow sees it, “If GM Lordstown closes down, it’s – 10 jobs GM’s announcement is devas- the Lordstown As- going to be devastating for our area Sept. 20: Northside tating for the men and women sembly plant is as indispensable to – and to me personally, it really hits working at Lordstown and ev- the Mahoning Valley as the heart is home,” Wolikow said. Regional Medical Center – 468 jobs eryone here in the Mahoning to the body. In a news release Monday morn- Valley.” Mid-July: Sears Southern The plant has been crucial to the ing, GM unveiled several strategies Throughout Monday, com- survival of Wolikow’s own family; to “accelerate its transformation for Park Mall – unknown munity members shared their between him and his the future.” June 30: Toys ‘R’ Us, Ba- thoughts with The Vindicator: father, the two have “With changing customers pref- bies ‘R’ Us Niles, Boardman ••• more than 50 years of erences in the U.S. and in response and Poland – 100 aff ected “We did not see this coming,” service at the plant. ROBERT K. YOSAY | THE VINDICATOR to market-related volume declines Jess Adams, a 40- For Wolikow, continu- U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland, D-13th, June 18: General Motors ONLINE in , future products will be al- second shift – 1,500 aff ected year GM Lords- VIDEO ing his family’s tradi- spoke at the United Auto Workers Local located to fewer plants next year,” 1112 hall in Warren on Monday. He was June 18: Lordstown Seat- town employee, See video for tion at the plant was a GM said. said late Mon- this story at dream come true. sharply critical of both GM and President ing Systems – 83 aff ected Donald Trump’s failure to deliver on prom- U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland, day as he left the vindy.com And although both ises to save auto jobs in the Valley. D-13th, called the news a “new Black June 15: Comprehensive plant after learn- he and his fiancee Monday in the Mahoning Valley,” a Logistics Inc. – unknown ing the plant were laid off from the plant last Jan- production at the Lordstown plant reference to the day in September would close in uary, neither has given up hope of April 8: Kmart Howland – on March 1. As part of a signifi cant 1977 when the closure of one of the 133 aff ected March. Adams returning to work there. restructuring of its global opera- Valley’s largest steel mills was an- Jan 28: Kmart Austintown “Hopefully That hope grew dimmer Monday, tions, the automaker said it plans to nounced. – unknown they will change their mind and however, with GM’s announce- idle fi ve plants in North America – ment that it will indefinitely halt Source: Vindicator fi les Lordstown, two in Michigan, one in See GM, A8 See REACTION, A3 GM LORDSTOWN TIMELINE 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005 2015

Sept. 29, 1964: February September March 1981: March 1996: October June 2008: GM breaks ground 1970: Van 1973: Production 1992: Facing 2004: June 1, 2009: GM files for bankruptcy June 23, 2011: May 20, 2016: Feb. 2018: UAW Locals 1112 and 1714 merge. for a new plant at production Expansions begins on the Van closure, Production is awarded to reorganization; receives $30 billion in 2010: Final GM adds GM celebrates June 22, 2018: Second shift ends; 1,200 Lordstown. begins. to fabricating plant’s produc- workers take begins on the Lordstown to government funding to assist restructuring. Chevy Cobalt third shift in 50 years in jobs lost. plant longest-run- tion ends. concessions Chevrolet rolls off line. Lordstown. Lordstown with April 28, 1966: The first July 1970: replace Cobalt, 2009: GM adds second shift in Lordstown. June 29, 2018: GM warns proposed tariffs announced. ning vehicle, to keep plant Cobalt after a along with $350 open house. — a 1966 Chevrolet Metal the Chevrolet operating. $1 billion September 2009: President Barack July 12, Oct. 21, 2011: could force the company to cut jobs. Impala — rolls off the fabricating million for Obama visits Lordstown, first time a sitting 2010: Cruze $5.5 million Nov. 9, 2016: Cavalier. plant renovation. Lordstown assembly line. plant opens. renovation. president visited the plant. production invested to build Third shift cut; Monday: GM announces Lordstown begins. facility closing March 1, 2019. Source: General Motors Lordstown, Vindicator files diesel Cruze. 1,245 jobs lost.

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