LANSING -- General Motors officials said Monday that Lansing-area plants are safe from massive downsizing plans the Detroit automaker revealed that morning.

But the news doesn't necessarily comfort labor leaders who represent most of the 4,700 employees at plants in Lansing and Delta Township.

GM shocked its North American employees Monday morning when it announced plans to shutter three assembly plants by the end of 2019: Detroit-Hamtramck, Lordstown in Ohio and Oshawa in Ontario.

The Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant could be next in line to falter if the car market continues to trend in the wrong direction, UAW Local 652 GM Chair Ted Krumm said.

"Locally, there’s no impact today," said Krumm, who represents over 2,000 employees at the plant. "But if car sales don’t change, then we could be one of those plants that (GM) announced will close.”

GM also said Monday it plans to shut down a transmission plant in Warren and another near Baltimore, Maryland.

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The plants the company plans to close employ about 6,200 people: roughly 1,500 in Hamtramck, 1,600 in Lordstown, 2,500 in Oshawa and 645 people at the plants in Warren and Baltimore, according to the Detroit Free Press.

GM spokesperson Kimberly Carpenter declined Monday morning in an email to the State Journal to speculate how the plant closures could affect Lansing's industry.

Carpenter's response to an email from the State Journal: "The Lansing Plants are not impacted by today’s announcement."

About 2,000 people are employed at the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant and two neighboring stamping facilities. The complex is located at 920 Townsend St.

The plant is currently home to these vehicles:

Chevrolet Camaro: coupe, convertible, and high performance.

Cadillac CTS: sedan and V-series.

Cadillac ATS: sedan, coupe and V-series.

GM has plans to transfer 200 of the plant's employees to Flint next year so it can handle increased market demand for full-size trucks.

The company laid off 500 workers from the plant last year and cut the third shift due to declining sales of the Camaro, CTS and ATS.

MORE: General Motors to transfer 200 Lansing employees to Flint

The Delta Township employs over 2,200 employees and builds the Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Traverse crossover vehicles. It is the newest GM plant in the U.S., built in 2006 at 8175 Millett Hwy.

Emphasis on evolution

UAW Local 602 GM Shop Chairman Todd Trout represents the Delta Township plant's employees and stressed Monday they can't get complacent at a time like this.

“If I could say one thing to my membership, it’s 'Continue to do the good work you keep doing,'" Trout said, "But don’t take it for granted because (plant closures) could happen to anybody.”

GM's plant closures announced Monday will eventually discontinue the Chevrolet Volt, Chevrolet Cruze and Chevrolet Impala as the company switches its focus from sedans to crossovers, SUVs and trucks.

In addition to the production cuts, the company also plans to cut its North American white-collar workforce by about 8,000. The deadline passed last week on voluntary buyouts for those workers.

GM said the plant and job cuts would save the company about $6 billion by the end of 2020.

Former Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, now chief executive officer for the Capital Area Manufacturing Council, said Monday night the city and its two GM plants in the region "dodged a bullet."

Bernero said he feels for the employees at soon-to-be closed plants, but is encouraged by GM's swift efforts to evolve and improve as a company.

The automaker is in a much better position to absorb blows and meet market demands than it was over a decade ago when it declared bankruptcy, Bernero said.

“This tells me that (GM chairman and CEO) Mary Barra and executives have learned from that near-death experience," said Bernero, who drives Buick Enclave. "She has made it clear: 'We are a different company.'”

Bernero said the advanced manufacturing industries in Lansing are thriving in a global business climate that requires non-stop change and adaptation.

He added that Lansing remains in a strong position to lead because it has diversified the local economy with jobs in a variety of manufacturing fields ranging from aerospace to packaging.

“We’re not a one-horse town, we’re not a one-company town, we’re not a two-company town," Bernero said. "We have vast diversity. We’re a manufacturing Mecca.”

Eric Lacy is a reporter for the Lansing State Journal. Contact him at 517-377-1206 or elacy@lsj.com. Follow him on Twitter @EricLacy.

Contact reporter Haley Hansen at (517) 267-1344 or hhansen@lsj.com. Follow her on Twitter @halehansen.