GM layoffs begin

General Motors Corp. began white-collar layoffs Tuesday, telling about 160 workers at the Warren Technical Center that their last day will be April 1. The move is just the beginning of GM's plans to cut 3,400 salaried jobs in the United States this year. Worldwide, GM plans to cut 47,000 workers by the end of the year. The job cuts are part of GM's sweeping restructuring efforts to make the company viable. GM's restructuring plan was presented to the U.S. Treasury last month as a condition of the $13.4 billion in government loans keeping the company afloat.