MORE LAYOFFS ON WAY?

GM may get even tougher

OSHAWA, Ont. (UPC) -
General Motors of Canada
may have to consider more
stringent measures than the
temporary layoff of
thousands of employees if
the current production
slowdown does not reduce
bulging inventories, a
company spokesman said
Thursday.

GM spokesman Nicholas
Hall said the company hoped
the slowdown and week-long
layoffs at production plants
throughout Ontario,
combined with an aggressive
marketing campaign, would
move stock piled vehicles off
plant grounds onto dealer
lots.

“We have a lot of 1981
cars in the dealers’ hands, so
they're not ordering °82s,”
Hall said. “We've embarked
on a number of projects to
reduce the number of 1981
cars on dealers’ lots. We
have a reduced interest-rate
program and the Ontario
government sales tax rebate
program for 1981 models.
These things have been quite

effective during the recent
period.
“We've had a marketing

campaign throughout the
fal and we certainly will
keep up very vigorous
marketing activities. We
hope that the customers will
come and’ start placing
orders.”

were to be laid off in-
definitely.

At the Oshawa fabrication
plant's radiator division, 150
workers were to be laid off
for a week beginning
Monday. When they return
Dec. 7, 60 others will be sent
home for a week.

The GM van plant in

auto

Hall said GM of Canada
had weathered slumping
sales “relatively untouched”
by layoffs until Wednesday's
announcement of a rotating
series of week-long work
stoppages affecting 5,316
employees. The layoffs
begin Monday and continue
to Jan. 10.

On Monday, 378 workers
at the Windsor transmission
plant were to be temporarily
laid off, while another 338

Transmission option

BRAMPTON, Ont. - All
1982 model American
Motors automobiles and
most Jeep vehicles will be
available with an optional 5-
speed manual transmission
designed for more fuel-
efficient operation.

Manufactured by Warner
Gear, a division of the Borg-
Warner Corporation, the

Vol. 1

new 5-speed gear box is
designated the TS.

The Jeep CJ-5 equipped
with a 6-cylinder engine or
any Jeep vehicle with a V8
engine are excluded from
the T5 option availability.

A new Warner 4-speed
transmission (T4) will be
standard on all AMC
automobiles, regardless of
the engine combination.

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Toronto was to shut down
for a week beginning Dec. 7,
resulting in layoff of 1,800
workers, and the 2,300-
worker Oshawa truck plant
was to close for a week
beginning Jan. 4. Hall said
290 employees of the firm's
export division would also be

laid off for a week starting ©

Jan. 4. .
The company earlier
announced a_ week-long
shutdown at the St.

Catharines parts operation,
leaving 962 employees laid
off, and a two-month closing
until Jan. 3 at the assembly
plant in St. Therese, Que.,
where 3,500 workers have
been laid off.

But Hall said company
executives were examining
other movies in case current
slowdown did not result in a
Significant inventory
reduction.

“I guess they're measuring
up to them even as I speak.”
Hall said. “I'm not prepared

Nov. 29, 1981

Len Macht, owner

Look on the

Bright Side

To all of our
inquiring customers:

No. we didn't get Mooded out by
Lynn Creek after the big rain.
but we did get a new sandy
beach that will look just great
after all the garbage has een
picked up And that pile of sand
in our parking lot ts not for sand
bags tts for our new sewer line

We did

however create ous
own oprivate flood when our
water Nine was broken during ca
cavation and the shut-off) was

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to say what we would be
prepared to do at this time.

but we'll have to look at
them (other measures)
closely.

“I think we're undergoing
a period right now of un-
precedented change. We're
spending $2-% billion to
change plants, to change
product lines. We're con-
ducting major cost-control
measures — there's a great
deal of belt tightening.

“Every aspect of our
operation, _except
preduction and quality
control, will be carefully

looked at.” Hall added. “I
think we're coming to grips
with this thing.”

there was littl GM of
Canada could do about
slumping auto sales in the

United States, where 55 to

60 per cent of the Canadian
division’s products are
exported, besides hoping for
a significant reduction in
U.S. as well as Canadian
interest rates. “

“I guess the interest rate is
going to continue to plague’
our dealers until they come
down to an_= acceptable

level,” Hall said.

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