
MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A push to save a General Motors Corp. plant is expanding in recession-battered Ohio.
Leaders of a Mansfield-based group have launched an e-mail and letter-writing campaign and will hold a July 4th rally Saturday to bring attention to their cause.
Mansfield Makes Sense for the New GM wants to convince GM that closing the Mansfield/Ontario Metal Center is bad business.
GM placed the factory on a list of 14 plants slated for closure as part of the automaker's bankruptcy restructuring.
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Opponents of the decision argue it's a productive and efficient plant.