GM To Make Mexico-built Cadillac SRX Crossover In Tennessee: UAW

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DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co will build the Cadillac SRX
crossover vehicle, now made in Mexico, at its plant in Spring
Hill, Tennessee, where the company once built vehicles for its
defunct Saturn brand, the United Auto Workers union said.

GM will invest about $191 million in the plant near Nashville,
which will help retain about 415 unionized jobs, the UAW said.

The UAW's Cindy Estrada said the shift of jobs from Mexico to a
U.S. plant was a victory for collective bargaining. Estrada is
the union's top liaison with GM.

A year ago, GM announced that it would invest $350 million at
Spring Hill to add the production of two new vehicles. The plant
now makes the Chevrolet Equinox crossover.

GM suspended production of autos at the plant in 2009 when it
went through a government-sponsored bankruptcy. It continued at a
reduced capacity, making engines and began building vehicles
again in 2011.

The UAW said that GM is also announcing on Wednesday the
investment of $49.7 million at its Bedford, Indiana casting
plant.