GM workers offered job opportunities
Agencies release list of more than 60 employers
Workers displaced by cuts at General Motors may find work at one of the more than 60 employers on a list compiled by the Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber, Greater Cleveland Partnership and Greater Akron Chamber in Ohio and the Shenango Valley and Lawrence County chambers in Pennsylvania.
The agencies on Monday released a list of regional companies willing to offer job opportunities to displaced workers from General Motors Lordstown, Magna Seating and Comprehensive Logistics.
“Hopefully, this document will act as a resource to those individuals who have been hit by this unfortunate circumstance,” said Nick Santucci, director of education and workforce development at the Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber.
Locally, the list ranges from industrial positions at Arconic Niles, to corrections at Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, to warehouse distribution at Anderson DuBose and more.
When GM announced the elimination of the Lordstown complex’s third shift in late 2016, the local chamber also provided a list of employment opportunities to GM’s administrative and union leadership to distribute to displaced workers. Through feedback from companies on that list and individuals who took advantage of applying for those available opportunities, the chamber learned that many of the GM workers secured new positions and remained in the workforce.
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