MORAINE, Ohio --

November 2005: Moraine Losing 1,500 Jobs As GM Slashes Costs Moraine city officials breathed a collective sigh of relief that the Moraine Assembly plant did not appear on GM's list of plant closings. Workers remained optismistic despite the company's announcement that the 3rd shift will be removed at the plant during 2006, with the timing to be based on market demand.

December 2005: GM Drops Revamping For SUV's GM dropped plans for reengineering Chevrolet Trailblazers and GMC Envoy sport utility vehicles made at the Moraine Assembly plant, but is looking at reworking the exterior and interior styling, according to a union leader. The more ambitious reengineering plans were shelved because the resulting prototypes did not meet fuel efficiency expectations.

January 2006: GM Earnings Plummet General Motors Corp. posted its largest annual loss in more than a decade, laying bare the problems the automaker is facing: rising labor costs, fierce competition from Asia and falling sales in the states.

February 2006: 3rd Shift To End At Moraine Plant July 17 GM announced plans to eliminate the 3rd shift at the Moraine Assembly plant on July 17, the day workers return from the plants customary two-wek summer vacation shutdown.

March 2006: Deadline Looms For Delphi Contract The clock is ticking toward the Thursday deadline that Delphi Corp., imposed for reachng an agreement with its hourly labor unions on the new, lower-cost contracts the company said it needs to become profitable in the United States.

April 2006: GM, Union Leaders Reach Tentative Agreement GM and local union leaders reached a tentative agreement to keep the Moraine Assembly plant open. If approved, workers could be making the next generation of GM SUVs at the plant beginning in 2008.

April 21, 2006 Moraine Asssembly Plant Workers Vote On Tentative Agreement Workers overwhelmingly voted to approve the tentative contract with GM. This means that the plant will reopen.

June 2006 Workers at the Moraine Assembly Plant learned that GM has decided not to bring a new line of SUVs to the plant. However, the current line of vehicles will stay at the plant indefinitely.

June 2006 Workers left for the last time as the third shift ended, leaving more than 1,200 people without a job.