Originally Posted by buggyone

"This was made clear when GM was not allowed to reopen its non-union plant in Moraine, MI. even though it wished to do so and none of the people employees there could transfer their seniority to another GM plant."
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First, Moraine is NOT in Michigan but is in Ohio.

Secondly, the reason cited by GM for the closing was, " "On Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008, GM Chairman Rick Wagoner announced the Moraine plant would close in December, citing high fuel prices and decreased demand for the SUV and trucks produced by the plant."

I was not able to read the WSJ article as it is a subscription site.


Anyhow, the attached link will explain the auto industry better than I ever could. Of course, the wubers will not believe one word of it as their collective heads are buried in the sand.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/defa...t_06_01_11.pdf