LORDSTOWN, Ohio — The Lordstown General Motors plant will halt production of the Chevrolet Cruze this Wednesday, a GM North America Manufacturing and Labor spokesperson confirmed Monday.
The company previously thought production would end Friday.
GM announced the closure of the plant last November, impacting about 1,400 workers. The once-bustling Northeast Ohio factory already has lost two of its three shifts and 3,000 union jobs since 2017.
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The closure is part of a larger GM plan that will see more than 14,000 layoffs in North America over the coming months.
The United Auto Workers sued GM in attempt to stop it from closing the Lordstown location, as well as plants in Michigan and Maryland, claiming the union's current contract forbids the company from idling them.
State leaders, including Gov. Mike DeWine, urged the head of General Motors to keep the automaker's Lordstown plant open or allow it to be sold quickly.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.