GM Workers Facing Difficult Decision Amid Layoffs, Transfer Offers

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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - General Motors says nearly all of its blue-collar workers in the U.S. whose jobs are facing elimination in a companywide restructuring have work waiting for them at GM's remaining factories.

But workers say those changes are causing a lot of upheaval and uncertainty in their lives.

GM employees at the four factories in Michigan, Ohio and Maryland that are targeted to close within a year say moving will force them to leave behind relatives - even their children, in some cases.

For some, it means saying goodbye to everything they've built.

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Hundreds already have transferred to plants in the Midwest and South, not wanting to risk their high-paying jobs.

Others are taking the chance that their plants might reopen and turning down voluntary transfers. Some are still agonizing over the decision.

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