The layoffs will take place early in the new year.
Two auto plants, stateside will be hit hard by layoffs it the new year.
General Motors says it is laying off 2,000 workers.
The affected factories are in Lordstown, Ohio and Lansing, Michigan, where some Chevrolets and Cadillacs are built.
The company is cutting the third shift at both plants in January.
It blames slowing sales for the layoffs.
In a news release, General Motors says it also plans to invest more than $900-million in three facilities, Toledo Transmission Operations in Ohio, Lansing Grand River in Michigan and Bedford Casting Operations in Indiana, to prepare the facilities for future product programs.