Six General Motors Co. factories in four states won commitments from the company to add jobs in a new four-year contract with the United Auto Workers union. Some of the work was scheduled to go to Mexico. The union gave few details on when the new jobs would come:
— Spring Hill: Former Saturn assembly plant will get two unspecified midsize vehicles. GM will invest $61 million for one of the vehicles, creating 600 jobs. It will spend $358 million on the other vehicle, adding 1,100 jobs. The work was originally to go to Mexico. Hiring begins next year.
— Wentzville, Mo.: Gets additional shift to produce a midsize pickup truck and full-size van. A $380 million investment and 1,850 new jobs.
— Warren, Mich.: Transmission plant near Detroit gets new transmission. A $325 million investment and 360 new jobs. Work originally slated for Mexico.
— Romulus, Mich.: Plant west of Detroit gets new engine, $385 million investment and 285 jobs.
— Saginaw, Mich: Plant gets metal casting work for a new engine, $215 million investment and 255 jobs.
— Fort Wayne, Ind.: Truck assembly plant gets next-generation full-size pickups, with a $230 million investment and 150 jobs created or kept.
In addition, an unspecified plant will get a new GM compact vehicle and 500 jobs as well as an investment of $150 million. The company says the site has not yet been picked.
Also, a pickup truck assembly plant in Shreveport, La., will close as scheduled, while a plant in Janesville, Wis., will remain idled.