2000 GM workers getting canned on Friday....

[Bengus81]

Wouldn't be the plant moving to Mexico to make that Cruze line?? If I remember right that's the plant that's going to Monterrey, Mexico

http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/18/news/economy/donald-trump-gm-lordstown-job-cuts-ohio/index.html

[geomon666]

1. My empathy cup runneth dry

for the poor, underserved blue collar worker who decided to slit their own throats and mine this November. Go fuck yourselves.

[n2doc]

2. You have no idea how they voted

Michigan was very close, and arguably was crookedly swung in chump's favor by voter suppression. Don't broad brush a whole state.

[geomon666]

4. I speak only of the man quoted in the article

who is so excited for inauguration day. The same day he loses his job. Him and people like him can enjoy what they have brought on themselves and everyone else. Actually I hope they enjoy it more than we do.

[FarCenter]

3. Going from three shifts to two shifts - sort of normal for car assembly plants to match sales.

[guillaumeb]

5. From the article:

Robert Sheridan is a 40-year-old GM worker who voted for Donald Trump. He can barely contain his excitement about Inauguration Day, even though it will be a rough day for him on a personal level.
He's one of 2,000 GM factory workers losing their jobs on Friday, the same day that Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president.

Sheridan -- and thousands like him -- are desperately hoping Trump will save their jobs.
"Please help us in Lordstown," says Sheridan, a soft-spoken Midwesterner with three kids. "This is a great middle class job. You can't find one better around here."

So he voted based on Trump's simple slogans? The problem when low-information voters choose is that often their uninformed choices have real consequences.

And if the ACA is repealed, Sheridan's rough day wil get even worse.

[HughBeaumont]

6. This is from the area where I was born. This is the place that assembled my car.

This area is economically depressed and has little hope of recovery without these plants.

Greed, automation and offshore outsourcing ain't going to be put back in their tubes. How long are these people going to continue to blame Democrats for the problems Capitalism (and the Republican business dicks that control it) caused?

[safeinOhio]

7. Trump on auto worker pay.

Don't forget he was against the Bailout too.


http://all-len-all.com/donald-trump-to-detroit-autoworkers-you-make-too-much-money/

[TeamPooka]

8. "Trump's tweet really gave us hope," Sheridan says

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Maybe Trump's tweets will feed his family

[MichMan]

9. Fairly typical occurance in this business

For those of us that are in Michigan and the state of the Big 3 automakers is a daily news item, these layoffs are
somewhat routine. Plants are almost always dedicated to a specific car model and depending on consumer preferences can and will need to cut back on production based on sales.

In the case of Lordstown, the Cruze sales are down and the plant is going from 3 shifts to 2. This is most likely caused by the price of fuel and increased consumer demand for Crossovers, SUV, and Trucks. Those plants have been working a lot of OT the last several months.

[physioex]

10. It's about to get a lot worse.....

With the coming revolution electric cars combined with automation, there simply won't be a need for many factory workers. Additionally those care aren't going to need the maintenance as their gasoline counter parts meaning service workers will also be affected.

[MichMan]

12. EV sales are down

Except EV sales are also very slow for the same reasons

[physioex]

13. You are not looking at the big picture....

Watch the 1st minute of this video only.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. I don't think GM makes these decisions quickly.

This was probably in the works long before the November election.