GM is forced to idle a pickup-truck plant in Mexico amid a U.S. strike, cutting off the supply of the company's most-profitable vehicles
General Motors Co. said a parts shortage stemming from a United Auto Workers strike in the U.S. led it to idle a pickup-truck factory in Mexico, cutting off the supply of GM’s most-profitable vehicles and further threatening to dent its bottom line.
GM has temporarily let go about 6,000 workers at its truck plant in Silao, Mexico, along with a transmission plant nearby, a company spokesman confirmed.
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