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Article: GM will cut 21,000 factory jobs
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- April 28, 2009
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One of Utah's largest auto dealers says that General Motors
Corp.'s plan to discontinue the Pontiac brand may be the best thing
for the carmaker in the long run.
Jerry Seiner, owner of the Jerry Seiner Dealerships, which
specialize in General Motors vehicles, told the Deseret News on
Monday that the decision of the company to eliminate Pontiac and
three other brands from its brand portfolio will allow the auto
maker to meet the needs of consumers in a more streamlined fashion
GM laid out a massive restructuring plan Monday that will cut
21,000 U.S. factory jobs by next year and phase out the storied
Pontiac brand. The company could be majority owned by the federal
government the plan.
Seiner ...