GM <GM> CLOSING TWO PLANTS TEMPORARILY
General Motors Corp said it is closing
two plants for brief periods in March, placing 5,500 on
temporary layoff for up to two weeks.
    The company said its Hamtramck Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac
assembly plant in Detroit will be down from March 9 to March 16
due to excess inventory of several models, placing 2,000
workers on temporary layoff.
    Its Chevrolet-Pontiac-GM of Canada assembly facility in
Norwood, Ohio, will be closed two weeks from March 9 to 23 due
to material shortages, affecting 3,500. There is no change in
the 37,000 hourly workers out of work indefinitely.
 Reuter
