There’s a lot riding on those SUVs, including the jobs of nearly 4,000 workers who assemble Suburbans, Tahoes and Yukons at General Motors’ Janesville factory.
The plant was spared from GM’s massive restructuring last month, when the company announced it would shutter five factories and scale back a host of others – moves designed to cut 30,000 manufacturing jobs.
The Janesville factory still faces a risk, particularly if oil and gasoline prices spike again, industry observers say.