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How General Motors layoffs could trickle down to local manufacturers, dealers

Gainesville's Jim Hardman Buick GMC dealership is a longtime Gainesville business along Browns Bridge Road. - photo by Scott Rogers

12022018 GM 1.jpg — Gainesville's Jim Hardman Buick GMC dealership is a longtime Gainesville business along Browns Bridge Road. - photo by Scott Rogers

The announcement this week by General Motors that it would lay off about 14,000 workers as it plans to shutter up to five plants in the Midwest sent shocks through the market and the political world.