GM could reactivate standby plant
From the Gazette newsroom:
The Associated Press and Reuters report General Motors is considering reopening one of the manufacturing plants the company closed when it went through bankruptcy in 2009, CEO Ed Whitacre said on Thursday.
The Janesville plant is one of two designated as on “standby.” The other is in Spring Hill, Tenn. United Auto Workers Local 95 sources told the Gazette on Thursday that the indications to them are that if GM decides to re-open a plant, the Spring Hill plant would be the likely candidate.
Whitacre, addressing a Center for Automotive Research conference in northern Michigan, did not say which plant would be reactivated, or when.
Later, GM Vice Chairman Steve Girsky, who was also at the conference, told reporters he could not say which plant would be considered for near-term reopening. Girsky would not confirm whether one of the two plants on standby was being considered for reactivation.
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Oct 4, 2011 at 10:53 a.m.
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Don't keep hoping on this pipe dream of GM coming back. Everyone is leaving Janesville, and moving to better places. Houses are vacant, and crime is up! Get out while you still can!!!!
Aug 6, 2010 at 2:53 p.m.
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Displacedworker,
The true question is can you read?
"United Auto Workers Local 95 sources told the Gazette on Thursday that the indications to them are that if GM decides to re-open a plant, the Spring Hill plant would be the likely candidate."
If not let me help... It says, GM in Janesville is not coming back, the lights are off and no one is home. You can stop knocking at the door. MOVE ON IT'S OVER!
Aug 6, 2010 at 6:36 a.m.
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Displaced worker: Hold on tight to your dream there buddy and find another day job.
Aug 6, 2010 at 5:20 a.m.
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Oh, goody! Another carrot and stick from GM!
Aug 5, 2010 at 10:59 p.m.
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If anybody hoping to open a business in Janesville read our posts they would probably choose to open someplace else. Even if it is the other plant that gets reopened, isn't that a good thing in terms of economic recovery especially for that area. And there are plenty of people here that would be glad to work for General Motors if they decided to come back in.
Aug 5, 2010 at 10:06 p.m.
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It's not going to happen. It's time to give this up and stop publishing these articles. We need new big business in Janesville to survive, not GM. Too bad it's not likely to happen any time soon!
Aug 5, 2010 at 9:40 p.m.
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Sure lets reopen a plant where most of the employees have transfered, retired, or took a buy out. The only ones left here are the GM haters so who will they have run the place?
Aug 5, 2010 at 9:39 p.m.
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Why would the Gazette print this headline on a story that clearly states the Janesville Plant won't be chosen. That's just mean.
Aug 5, 2010 at 8:57 p.m.
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Ahh Jeez~ and I finally just got the hole dug for that big old dead horse, and now were gonna start beating it again..... Get the paddles- CLEAR>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Aug 5, 2010 at 7:47 p.m.
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Although I would love to see it happen, don't hold your breath, Janesville.
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