Manufacturing

In Ashtabula, hometown of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, people are hoping the president's agenda brings renewed vigor to manufacturing.

The U.S. has imposed a quarter trillion dollars in tariffs on Chinese goods since the trade war started last year.

The United Auto Workers labor union is suing General Motors over the use of temporary workers at a plant in Indiana, saying that laid-off members from Lordstown could do the jobs. The UAW filed the suit this week in federal court in Youngstown. The suit accuses the company of violating a labor agreement that allows laid-off employees with seniority to seek to relocate to other GM facilities. The complaint says the union agreed to GM’s hiring of temporary employees in Fort Wayne, Indiana, through August 2018 to help with the launch of a new pickup truck.

The number of Ohioans who lost their jobs in "mass layoffs" was higher in 2018 than the year before. Generally speaking, when a company with more than 100 employees decides to lay off 50 or more people, a federal law known as the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) considers that a "mass layoff." But before that can happen, an employer must provide employees with at least 60 days written notice.

The announcement that General Motors will stop production at its Lordstown plant has caused anxiety for more than just its workers. Their children are…

General Motors' plans to lay off 14,000 salaried and blue-collar workers might not be as bad as originally projected.The company said Friday that 2,700…

General Motors’ plant in Lordstown, which is slated for closure next year, could have a future with one of the automaker’s competitors.GM will cease…

Ohio's two U.S. senators say they'll meet with the head of General Motors this week to discuss what can be done to stop its northeastern Ohio assembly…

General Motors is moving to shut down as many as five North American factories in a major restructuring, but there are more than jobs riding on the fate…

Ohio’s Democratic Senator is blasting General Motors for planning to close the Lordstown plant in March, and says Congress needs to change the tax code to…