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| G.M. Is Selling Lordstown Plant | G.M. Is Selling Lordstown Plant |
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| Two weeks after reaching a new labor contract with its union workers, General Motors has sold the Lordstown, Ohio, factory that was a key issue in the contract talks and the 40-day strike the company endured. | Two weeks after reaching a new labor contract with its union workers, General Motors has sold the Lordstown, Ohio, factory that was a key issue in the contract talks and the 40-day strike the company endured. |
| G. M. sold the factory for an undisclosed sum to Lordstown Motors, a start-up that plans to hire some 400 workers next year and start production of an electric pickup truck designed for commercial fleets. | |
| Steve Burns, the founder of Lordstown Motors, said the company would give preference in hiring to workers who were laid off when G.M. closed the plant this year. | Steve Burns, the founder of Lordstown Motors, said the company would give preference in hiring to workers who were laid off when G.M. closed the plant this year. |
| “We think it is appropriate that it is union,” Mr. Burns said. | “We think it is appropriate that it is union,” Mr. Burns said. |
| This is a developing story and will be updated. | This is a developing story and will be updated. |