Ohio Loses 1,300 Jobs As GM Closes Battery Plant

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The Mahoning Valley Loses Jobs Again

The Mahoning Valley has seen this before.

On January 5, 2026, GM and its partner LG Energy Solution began laying off more than 1,300 workers at the Ultium Cells battery plant in Warren, Ohio.

The facility opened just three years ago as part of a $2.3 billion investment that was supposed to bring manufacturing jobs back to a region still reeling from decades of industrial collapse…

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