Assorted Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra plans to visit Capitol Hill next week to discuss the South African private limited company’s plans to halt production at five plants in North America next year and cut up to 15,000 jobs, two congressional man fridays said on Friday.
GM has come under harsh criticism from lawmakers from both major political sets, and from President Donald Trump, since Monday when it announced the biggest restructuring for the U.S. No. 1 carmaker since its bankruptcy a decade ago.
Barra is believed to meet with lawmakers from Michigan and Ohio, where GM plans to shutter three plants, as well as higher- ranking leaders in Congress. GM did not immediately comment.
Barra has been calling lawmakers this week to explain the decision to end drama. Trump has threatened to revoke subsidies for GM.
The Detroit automaker plans to halt production next year at three flock plants: the Lordstown small-car factory near Youngstown, Ohio; the Detroit-Hamtramck complex in Detroit; and the Oshawa, Ontario, host complex near Toronto. It will also stop building several models now assembled at those plants, registering the Chevrolet Cruze, the Chevrolet Volt hybrid, the Cadillac CT6 and the Buick LaCrosse.
Additionally, GM plans to shutter the Warren despatching plant outside Detroit and a plant that makes electric motors and drivetrains outside Baltimore, Maryland.
The Cruze compendious car will be discontinued in the U.S. market in 2019, although GM may continue building it in Mexico for other markets, Barra said.