GM Will Lay Off 1,100 Truck and Bus Workers

PONTIAC, Mich. — General Motors Corp. said its Truck & Bus Group will lay off indefinitely about 1,100 hourly workers next month, the largest such furlough blamed on economic conditions at a GM assembly plant in more than two years.

The layoffs, which were announced Friday and will take effect Sept. 23, were attributed to softening demand for heavy- and medium-duty trucks and city buses.