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TAMPA, Fla 鈥?President Joe Biden is calling for a 3-month gas tax holiday. It would waive the 18-cent fee that gas suppliers currently pay the federal government for every gallon of regular gas sold. I call on the co
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DETROIT, Michigan 鈥?General Motors made a major announcement on Monday saying it will close two plants in metro Detroit as well as plants in Ohio and Ca
cups stanley nada. The plan will help save the company $6 billion by 2020, according to GM.In a news release, the company said it will close the Detroit-HamtramckAssembly Plant in Detroit and Warren Transmission Operations in Warren. Other plans closing include the Oshawa Assembly Plant in Oshawa, Ontario, the Lordstown Assembly in Wa
garrafa stanley rren, Ohio and the BaltimoreOperations in White Marsh, Maryland.According to a spokesperson for GM, the plants will be unallocated which means they will no longer produce vehicles in those plants in 2019. According to the company, the future of the plants will be part of contract talks with the UAW next year.PHOTOS: GM will stop producing these 6 vehicles The actions we are taking today continue our transformation to be highly agile, resilient and profitable, while giving us the flexibility to invest in the future, said GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra. We recognize the need to stay in front of changing market conditions and customer preferences to position our company for long-term success. According to therelease, GM will lay off 14,700 factory and white-collar workers. Of those, 8,100 will be white-collar workers that will either t
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