(TONAWANDA, NEW YORK) - General Motors has announced an additional $888 million investment in its Tonawanda Propulsion Plant just outside Buffalo to make V-8 engines used in full-size SUVs and trucks.

According to The Detroit News, the capital infusion into the Tonawanda Plant will pay for new machinery, equipment, tools and renovations as the facility gears up to start making the next generation of V-8 engines in 2027.

“Our significant investments in GM’s Tonawanda Propulsion plant show our commitment to strengthening American manufacturing and supporting jobs in the U.S.,” CEO Mary Barra said in a statement. “GM's Buffalo plant has been in operation for eighty-seven years and is continuing to innovate the engines we build there to make them more fuel efficient and higher performing, which will help us deliver world-class trucks and SUVs to our customers for years to come.”

For months, Union Leaders have been in active discussions with GM to advocate for increased investment in its UAW-represented facilities.

“This enormous investment is exactly what we’ve been calling for,” UAW Vice President Mike Booth said. “Skilled UAW Members, like Members of UAW Local 774, make GM’s profits, so it’s great to see the company investing back into its Union Workforce so we can keep building quality, world-class products.”

UAW President Shawn Fain said: “It’s time for Ford and Stellantis to learn from GM, (which) is showing that it makes good business sense for major corporations to reverse course on the destructive race-to-the-bottom trade policies that have wreaked havoc on Workers and destroyed Blue-Collar Towns and Cities across America.”

The announcement comes on top of GM’s $579 million investment to build the same V-8 engine at Flint Engine Operations, represented by UAW Local 659.

That earlier commitment in Flint was secured in the Union’s 2023 National contract through the Membership’s historic Stand Up Strike.

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