January 20, 2023
Comments Off on GM making $68M investment in Lexington Ave plant
General Motors will invest $68 million to build components for both electric and gasoline-powered vehicles in Rochester, sustaining the 700-plus employee workforce at the Lexington Avenue facility well into the future.
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Elected officials are urging General Motors Corp. to begin producing ventilators at the company’s Rochester facility. U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Congressman Joseph Morelle on Tuesday sent word to GM Chairman and CEO Marry Barra to ...
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September 17, 2019
Comments Off on Local workers join national strike of GM
Rochester members of the United Auto Workers are on strike with thousands of others across the country, protesting lack of progress on a labor contract with General Motors. Dan Maloney, president of UAW Local 1097 in Rochester, said presidents from ...
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July 30, 2019
Comments Off on GM car show raises money for Veterans Outreach Center
More than 300 people visited General Motors Co.’s Rochester Operations on Saturday for a unique event that helped raise funds for Veterans Outreach Center of Rochester. GM Rochester Operations hosted its first car show that featured 65 classic and vintage ...
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October 5, 2018
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Five area nonprofits will benefit from General Motors Co. — Rochester Operations’ generosity. United Way of Greater Rochester Inc., Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York, School of the Holy Childhood and the American Cancer Society each will receive $10,000 ...
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October 5, 2018
Comments Off on GM hosts local students for Manufacturing Day 2018
Manufacturers nationwide are celebrating their industry today during Manufacturing Day, an event held the first Friday of October each year to both tout and spark interest in an industry that contributed $2.33 trillion to the economy in the first quarter ...
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August 27, 2018
Comments Off on GM use of outside supplier could affect hundreds of Rochester workers
A number of jobs at General Motors Corp.’s Rochester Operations facility could be on the line, as GM has opted to use another supplier for its fuel systems. On Aug. 14, GM announced it will award next generation fuel systems production to ...
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June 8, 2018
Comments Off on GM gives truck to MCC for student technicians
General Motors dealers today donated the latest in a long line of vehicles to Monroe Community College for automotive students to use as they train to become GM-certified automobile repair technicians. The donation of 2017 GMC Sierra Denali diesel truck ...
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