GM to Shutter Five Plants, At Least 14,000 Job Cuts Planned

GM says it will halt production in 2019 at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly in Detroit .

DETROIT—In another blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to bolster the manufacturing sector, General Motors reports it plans to shutter a total of five assembly and propulsion plants, including four facilities in the United States.

The automaker reports that as part of its ongoing transformation process, it will reduce its global workforce by 15% or more than 14,000 workers. The job cuts at GM come as Ford is also expected to institute workforce reductions in the tens of thousands in response to a number of market forces, including approximately $1 billion in losses tied directly to the metal tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. Ford has denied published reports that it intends to cut 20,000 jobs, but has yet to detail specifics regarding its planned workforce reductions.