To the editor:
I am writing in response to the letter “Questions about moving on” that appeared on Jan. 10. As I read it, I was outraged. I was shocked that someone could write to the newspaper and say whatever was on their mind. But I remembered, we the people of the United States have the right to freedom of speech, the Constitution guarantees that right and everyone is entitled to believe how they choose.
After rereading the letter, I have a response. First, I am a Black woman who happens to be from one of the 70 percent fatherless Black homes that was referenced. I will not check to see where the writer got his statistics. I will not take the time to research other ethnic groups and see who is where on the list. Let’s just be fair and humble and say every race has that.
Staff writer
WORK PROGRESSES â This Jan. 7 photo of the Ultium Cells LLC plant in Lordstown shows the scope of the facility that will mass produce battery cells for General Motorsâ electric vehicles. The company wants to have 400 employees on board by the end of the year and plans to ramp up to 1,100 through 2022, the expected production start date. To the east is the natural gas-fired power plant Lordstown Energy Center.
LORDSTOWN Ultium Cells LLC an electric vehicle battery-cell manufacturing plant jointly backed by General Motors and South Korea’s LG Chem plans to have 400 employees on board by the end of the year.
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LORDSTOWN Ultium Cells LLC an electric vehicle battery-cell manufacturing plant jointly backed by General Motors and South Korea’s LG Chem plans to have 400 employees on board by the end of the year.
The company has started with three so far with human resources, training and workplace safety assignments.
“Ultium Cells has just started employee hiring to begin employee training for initial leaders that will serve as key resources as we begin to install process equipment, set-up production areas, validate equipment and launch production equipment,” said Dan Flores, GM spokesman.
Ultium’s timeline is to ramp up to about 1,100 employees by the end of 2022. Also during that time will be phased equipment installation at the $2.3 billion facility on Tod Avenue, immediately east of GM’s former automaking plant.
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General Motors and the state have an agreement on how the automaker will invest $12 million into the Mahoning Valley, required as part of settlement with GM for breaking job creation and retention tax credit agreements it received to retool its former Lordstown assembly plant.
Announced Thursday, the division of funding invests in workforce development, education and infrastructure in a way that builds on the area’s rich history of manufacturing as it positions itself for growth in the automotive industry, specifically in electric vehicles.
GM has committed $5 million to Youngstown State University for workforce development in partnership with Eastern Gateway Community College and funding to create the YSU Energy Storage Innovation and Training Center.
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STEUBENVILLE The Jefferson County Commissioners again had a discussion about the Smithfield sewer system and the Environmental Protection Agency’s concerns with plans to upgrade the plant.
The topic has been a recurring matter of discussion as the county reviews options for the troubled system.
The county, which has taken over the water system in Smithfield, is operating the sewer system but does not own the plant, which currently is owned by Smithfield Township.
Hindering the start of a complete takeover and more than $3 million project to revamp the system are what the commissioners and water and sewer Director Michael Eroshevich say is a moving goal post from the EPA on ammonia levels.