In an effort to ease the blow to the 14,000-plus employees faced with losing their jobs at General Motors, CEO Mary Barra is revealing a plan for assistance.
The plan, though, in part offering affected workers a shot at open jobs at GM's other plants, rings hallow with GM's UAW leadership.
GM said it has 2,700 open jobs at various factories available to the majority of those working at Maryland, Michigan and Ohio facilities. Roughly 3,700 U.S. production workers face their factories being idled, plus 2,500 in Ontario.
GM also said it will help in job searches, resume writing and other career counseling for the nearly 8,000 white-collar workers who will leave GM as it restructures its workforce.
It said it is working with Canadian GM dealers, colleges and other employers to help the 2,500 workers facing closure of the Ontario plant.
"Our focus remains on providing interested employees options to transition, including job opportunities at other GM plants," Barra said in a statement.
GM can offer the other factory jobs due to strong U.S. and Canadian economies, said Barra.
GM and Barra have come under withering criticism from President Donald Trump and politicians in Ohio and Michigan, but the company has been steadfast in saying that the cuts are necessary to position the business for market changes. The plants being closed made traditional sedans that have fallen out of favor as consumers shift to SUVs, and salaried workforce skills must shift to the high-tech future of transportation.