GM to Idle Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant Next Week

DETROIT AP reported that General Motors Corp.has informed employees of its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant that the facility will shut down for one week beginning Monday, the company said Thursday.

The temporary idling of the plant that produces the Cadillac Seville and Buick LeSabre will affect 3,200 workers.

The plant is being shut down for the week to better match inventory with demand for the vehicles, GM spokesman Pat Morrissey said.

All of GM's other plants in the United States and Canada will work overtime all or part of next week, the automaker said.

A spike in sales for the Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck means a delay in the elimination of one shift at GM's Linden, N.J., plant.

The second shift was scheduled to end April 15, but S-10 sales have been so brisk that the move won't occur until May 24, Morrissey said.