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Re:General Motors to Lay Off 2,000 Employees in Ohio and Mic... by phkahler on Thursday November 10, 2016 @09:26AM (#12920566)
>> what the company believes will be a continued shift from cars to crossovers and trucks.

This part hints (to me anyway) that they may have waited for the election. Trump seems to be a fan of fossil fuels, so that would suggest cheap oil will be around for a while and people will be more willing to buy bigger vehicles. The article also points out that these vehicles are not selling well enough to support 3 shifts, so it probably has very little to do with union concerns. I suspect it's just a straight business decision based on a market forecast which was solidified by the election. They probably waited a bit for the election to feed that into the forecast.

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Re:General Motors to Lay Off 2,000 Employees in Ohio and Mic... by closeparen on Thursday November 10, 2016 @03:33PM (#12924057)
From GM, anyway.

I see plenty of small cars around, but they're the Prius, Civic, Accord, Corolla, Camry, Fit, Golf, and Mazda3.

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