The planned closure of the
GM India plant in Talegaon has hit another hurdle after the local government rejected the automaker’s request to shutter the facility.
According to
The Economic Times, the industry minister for the Indian state of Maharashtra, Dilip Walse-Patil, turned down an application for GM India to close the Talegaon plant this week. GM pulled out of India in 2017, though the Talegaon facility remained open to continue production of vehicles for export.
snip
A labor union representing the 1,550 workers at the plant has demanded that the plant sale must include the transfer of jobs from GM to Great Wall Motors. The automaker previously offered compensation to workers that will be affected by the transfer of ownership of the plant, but the union argues this is not satisfactory.
“Compensation is not enough, we want our job secured. It can be GM or Great Wall Motors or any other company that takes over the factory,” a union representative told
The Economic Times.