Pictured: General Motors Employees Weep Outside of Ohio Plant on Last Day

A banner depicting the Chevrolet Cruze model vehicle is displayed at the General Motors' Lordstown plant, in Lordstown, Ohio. On Nov. 27, 2018. AP Photo/John Minchillo

General Motors employees rallied outside of the Lordstown, Ohio, plant on its last day.

Photos showed workers crying, protesting, and mourning the loss of jobs and industry in the city.

They were seen outside the plant on March 6 as the last Chevrolet Cruze came off the assembly line.

“It’s frustrating,” said Jeff Nance, who has worked at the plant for 17 years, reported the Chicago Tribune. “I’m angry and bitter. Watching that last car go by was a kick in the gut.”

Shaun Winkler said he’s still thinking whether he should transfer to another GM plant where there are job openings.

“It started out as a normal day, but when that last car came into our area, and there was nothing but empty racks behind it, then it got sad,” he said.

Meanwhile, UAW 112 President Dave Green said he walked through the plant for the workers’ final shift.

“It’s gut-wrenching. People were crying, they’re frustrated and they feel like they’ve done everything right,” Green said.

At the Lordstown facility, some 1,700 jobs were cut by the automaker, which said that demand for the Cruze has been low, adding that people are opting for SUV-like vehicles.

As for the factory itself, which is 6.2 million square feet, it will be put into a “state of readiness,” GM spokesman Dan Flores told The Associated Press.

Production of the Cruze will continue in Mexico. The car is made for markets outside the United States, AP noted.

GM President Mark Reuss said the firm is “looking at a lot of different options for the plant” in Lordstown, saying that it’s not clear if more vehicles will be built there.

“We’ve just got to keep an open mind here, and we are,” he told AP.

The Cruze “was a good product and was built with tremendous pride by the Lordstown employees. We know this is an emotional day for our Lordstown team,” GM said in a statement to Reuters.

GM noted that over 400 Lordstown employees have accepted offers at other GM locations, and it reiterated that jobs are available at other assembly plants for anyone willing to relocate to other states.

Carl Dillmam, who has worked at the General Motors plant for 37 years sits with union members in Oshawa, Ontario, on Nov. 26, 2018. Lars Hagberg/AFP/Getty Images

The United Auto Workers union, which has filed suit challenging GM’s decision to end Cruze production at Lordstown, said it “will leave no stone unturned in keeping the Lordstown plant open.”

In November, GM announced it would idle five North American plants, including Lordstown, and cut up to 15,000 jobs.

Separately, the UAW and the Communication Workers of America union sent a letter this week to the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee asking it to investigate significant corporate tax cuts received by GM and AT&T Inc even as they cut thousands of union jobs.

The letter said there is “no evidence to date that the corporate tax cuts have encouraged GM to bring back any production from Mexico to the U.S.”

Reuters contributed to this report.