GM Plant in Tarrytown, N.Y. Closes Today

06/28/96

The last of GM's long-nosed, plastic-bodied APV minivans will roll off the assembly line in Tarrytown, N.Y., today. It's a move that will kill the failed APV product line and and shut down the 97 year-old Tarrytown plant for good. 1,300 of the plant's 2,100 workers will be transferred to other GM plants, with the largest part of them moving to Doraville, GA to help with the construction of a new generation of minivans which is scheduled to enter production this summer. Another large group of uprooted workers will be transfered to GM's compact pickup and sport utility vehicle plant in Linden, N.J. Others will go to component facilities in New York state and Ohio.

130 employees have rejected GM's attempts to turn them into "GM gypsies" and will receive job security pay equal to normal wages. 140 will leave the automaker for other jobs. The plant's paint and body shops have already began shutting down earlier in the week as they completed their work on the last minivan.

Paul Dever -- The Auto Channel