ICYMI: 1,700 Michiganders Are Losing Their Jobs Because of Trump’s Failed Economic Policies Arrow

Working Michiganders are bearing the brunt of Donald Trump's disastrous economic agenda. In January alone, eight Michigan companies announced layoffs or closures, which will result in over 1,700 Michiganders losing their jobs.

Bottom Line: Under Trump's watch, Michigan's economy is tanking: Jobs are bleeding, families are struggling to afford rent and groceries, and now, hundreds of hardworking Michiganders don't know where their next paycheck will come from.

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MLive: These 8 Michigan companies planned over 1,700 layoffs in January

By Ehren Wynder

• General Motors in a WARN notice dated Oct. 29 stated it would lay off 1,140 employees at the Factory ZERO Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center at 2500 East Grand Blvd. in Detroit.

• United Parcel Service in November announced it would cut 67 jobs at its facility at 5757 Clyde Park Ave. SW in Wyoming.

• Post Consumer Brands in December announced it will stop making Honeycomb, peanut butter and some granola at its plant located at 275 Cliff St. in Battle Creek.

• The shift in production was expected to result in about 71 "employee separations" beginning Jan. 8.

• Utz Brands, a Pennsylvania-based snack foods manufacturer, announced in July plans to close its Grand Rapids manufacturing and warehouse building at 219 Canton St. SW.

• The facility employed 75 people.

• Chinese automotive supplier Yanfeng notified the LEO in November of plans to permanently lay off 192 employees at a production facility at 9800 Inkster Road in Romulus.

• Taubman Centers, a longtime Michigan-based mall developer, announced in November that it sold its last 22 shopping centers to Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group and is closing its Bloomfield Hills headquarters.

• The office closure would result in the permanent layoff of 105 employees beginning Jan. 9, according to a WARN letter.

• Connecticut-based Inline Plastics Corp. notified the state in November that it planned to close its factory at 705 Weaver Court in Gladwin by Jan. 12, terminating 25 employees in the process.

• Autokiniton, under Oakland Stamping LLC, issued an update about the closure to the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan in two letters dated Oct. 7 and Nov. 14.

• According to the first notice, 133 layoffs were to begin in December, as the company shutters its multi-building facility along Woodland and Oakland avenues and Rosedale Court. Under the latter notice, another 32 would be laid off starting Jan. 16 at the same site, bringing the total number of jobs impacted to 165.