GM to Cut Second Shift at Pontiac Truck in May: Shrinking Demand for Full-Size Vehicles Cited

DETROIT, MI – General Motors Corp. said it will stop production of its second shift at the Pontiac Truck plant, due to shrinking market demand for full-size pickup trucks, according to a Free Press report. The world’s largest automaker said the second shift will be idled in early-May 2008. The estimated 2,700 workers at Pontiac Truck plant build the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks.

Officials at GM didn’t specify how many workers would be affected, but a report in the Oakland Press suggested that between 800 and 900 union workers could be out of work by next spring.