Author: Graig Graziosi / Source: vindy.com
By ED RUNYAN
and GRAIG GRAZIOSI
news@vindy.com
LORDSTOWN
UAW 1112 president Dave Green describes the last Cruze coming down the line at GM Lordstown during a Drive It Home rally today.
More than 100 supporters of the Drive It Home campaign endured frigid temperatures during a “True Blue” rally in the parking lot of Lordstown High School just after workers inside the plant put the finishing touches on the last of the GM Lordstown-built Chevrolet Cruzes.
The rally participants – which included past and present United Auto Workers Local 1112 membership, Lordstown High School teachers and administration and community members – wore blue Tuesday afternoon and drove their General Motors-built vehicles to the school.
The photos will be sent to GM CEO Mary Barra.
Dave Green, president of UAW Local 1112, addressed the crowd from the back of a GM-built pickup truck and thanked them for their support.
“We’re not going to give up hope,” Green said. “GM is going to put a product in that plant.”
Earlier, the mood in the motor room in the assembly division of GM Lordstown where Dawn Williams of Warren works was “very quiet” Tuesday she told The Vindicator.
“A lot of people were just kind of in their emotions and expressing their concerns about the future, kind of counting down … to when we see the last motor come across us,” she said.
At the rally, some supporters carried signs calling for GM to save the plant. Rose DiBernardo, whose son works in the plant, made a sign that read “Support Workers, No Mexico,” to address the company’s job outsourcing.
The Cruze ceased production in Mexico in January, but will continue to be produced in the company’s plant in Argentina for the South American market.
The last Cruze produced at the Lordstown facility will likely be completed Thursday morning. Once the car is completed, the plant will enter unallocated status and – with the exception of…
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