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GM Recalls 1,350 Workers as It Adds Shifts, Overtime

Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) — General Motors Co. called back 1,350 union workers, its biggest one-time increase in jobs since 2006, as it boosts second-half production, partly in response to demand from the government’s “cash for clunkers” program.

GM will add shifts at the CAMI plant in Ontario, Canada, where the redesigned Chevrolet Equinox and all-new GMC Terrain are built, and Lordstown, Ohio, where it assembles the compact Chevrolet Cobalt, adding back United Auto Workers and Canadian Auto Workers union jobs as sales top expectations. The Ontario plant will be running at full capacity.

“The recession is over,” said Erich Merkle, president of consulting firm Autoconomy in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “I think we’re going to get a bit of a drop-off as cash-for-clunkers runs its course, but I believe it will hand off to an economy that’s much stronger.”

Erich Merkle is certifiable.