General Motors Co. is stopping some production at its Buffalo, N.Y., engine plant after a shortage of parts from the earthquake-stricken Japan.
GM on Monday also began temporarily laying off 59 of the 623 employees working at the Tonawanda Engine Plant, according to the Buffalo News.
GM also laid off 800 workers who make engines at a GM pickup factory in Shreveport, La. The factory, one of the locations to which the Tonawanda operation sends engines, suspended production this week.
GM has yet to announce when production will resume at the Tonawanda Engine Plant, but workers will get most of their pay while on layoff, The Associated Press reported.
Up to now, GM is the only U.S.-based automaker to be affected by parts shortages from Japan—the world’s second-largest automobile producer after China.
Ford and Chrysler are constantly assessing the situation.
