By Rick Pluta / Kevin Lavery, Michigan Public Radio Network
East Lansing, MI – East Lansing, MI (MPRN/WKAR) - A union local leader says President Obama's two-month deadline for General Motors to come up with a new restructuring plan is a lifeline for the company.
Brian Fredline is the president of United Auto Workers Local 602.
The union represents workers at two Lansing-area GM plants.
Fredline says the plants he represents are state-of-the-art and environmentally friendly manufacturing facilities.
But the plants have been losing work, and dropping shifts.
Five hundred Local 602 members have also accepted buyouts.