Hometown: More Layoffs Loom, but Engine Plant Stays Open

Workers at the GM engine plant in Tonawanda are gearing up for layoffs, a day after General Motors filed for bankruptcy protection. The plant manager in Tonawanda says 25 to 30-percent of the nearly 900 workforce at the site could face pink slips. GM is phasing out two engines built in Tonawanda, and already has 360 hourly workers on layoff. The automaker plans to close several assembly and stamping plants in the effort to reemerge as a smaller, leaner company.