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General Motors reinstating more than 580 rejected dealerships

GM Dealership Sign

General Motors is preparing to reinstate most of the rejected dealerships that applied for arbitration, sources familiar with the matter said.

General Motors will restore more than 580 of the 1,600 dealerships that filled for arbitration to get their franchises back.

GM plans to contact the affected dealers via letter as soon as next week. GM is close to finishing the process of selecting dealerships to reinstate outside of arbitration, one source said.

The remaining dealerships GM intends to wind down before November, will not be contacted and GM will attemp to settle or arbitrate with them.

General Motors Co. Calling back 500 Plus workers to build Ecotec Engine

EcoTec Engine

General Motors Co. is planning to call back 470 laid-off workers to build it's next-generation Ecotec four cylinder engine. GM's Tanawanda, N.Y. plant is going to be renovated at the cost of $425 Million.

In addition General Motors will call back 80 workers and spend $59 million at it's plant in Defiance, OH which will make the blocks for the Ecotec engine.  GM also will call back 15 workers to their BayCity, MI plant to make the connecting rods.