GM plant in São José dos Campos to stop fully

By Redação AutoIndústria |6/5/23 | Translated by Jorge Meditsch

Five days after announcing a partial ten-day stoppage in its São José do Campos, SP, plant, General Motors sent a new note to the local metalworkers union informing that it should stop the whole plant.

GM has nearly four thousand employees at the unit, which produces the S10 pickup, the Trailblazer SUV and engines and transmissions. The workers will receive for the days stopped, which should be compensated subsequently.

Besides the metalworkers, the plant activities’ interruption will also include part of the management areas, and the transmissions sector workers will enter collective vacations from June 19 through 28, according to the union.

The manufacturer justifies the halt for lack of demand. Close to 3.3 thousand vehicles should lack to be produced in the period.