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General Motors Corp. says about 3,600 workers will be laid off indefinitely beginning early next year as the automaker slows down production at these 10 assembly plants:

Effective Jan. 12:

-- Lansing (Mich.) Delta Township; manufactures Enclave, Acadia

-- Oshawa (Ontario) Consolidated; Impala

-- Hamtramck (Mich.); DTS, Lucerne

-- Wentzville (Mo.); Savanna, Express

Effective Jan. 20:

-- Bowling Green (Ky.); XLR, Corvette - Additional "shutdowns" have been added to their holiday schedule. The plant will be closed Nov. 27-Dec. 5th and Dec. 24th-Jan. 16th. Beginning Jan. 19th another major re-tooling will take place to further reduce daily output which will result in the lay off of factory workers. This re-tooling will be completed by Feb. 6th. During this three week period NO plant tours will be available. Production should resume at a much slower pace on Feb. 9th.


-- Lordstown (Ohio); Cobalt

-- Spring Hill (Tenn.); Traverse

Effective Feb. 2:

-- Fairfax (Kansas City, Kan.); Aura, Malibu

-- Orion (Orion Township, Oakland County, Mich.); G6, Malibu

Effective Feb. 9:

-- Lansing (Mich.) Grand River; CTS, STS

Source: General Motors Corp.