On Despite rumors, plant closing comes as shock to workers

Posted on June 4 at 3:01 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

In response to "JNR": Most of those who will be displaced by this will land on their feet in another GM facility. Your anger is misguided and ill-informed. We Auto-Workers are free spending types and most communities would be grateful for having us aboard. We'll take our tax money too and your teacher friends can get their pay cut as well. Quid pro quo. Arrivederci.

On GM will shutter Janesville plant

Posted on June 3 at 8:59 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Comment to "my3girls": [your quote]"Thank you ditzy for remembering the suppliers who will be losing their jobs too... My husband is one of them. While some of you think this won't affect you, who do you think some of your customers & neighbors are??? It is going to have a big ripple effect." [end quote]

It takes a village. Why else would the local merchants be clamoring to have you spend those income tax refunds in their stores?

On GM will shutter Janesville plant

Posted on June 3 at 8:52 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

To "normalcitizen": Anecdotally, my girlfriend is a 'transportation coordinator' for a major firm nearby.(Eastern Maryland) Big fish and picking up business from smaller carriers being consumed by all of this. One year ago, a driver left the company to go the owner-operator route and his rig is parked and up for sale as of 04-14-08. Hardworking man trying to better his position in life. But not able to absorb a 40% increase in diesel since December. Salt-of-the-earth people being thrown out onto 'scorched earth'. Just lovely.

On GM will shutter Janesville plant

Posted on June 3 at 8:38 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Comment to "jviers77": JB Hunt laid-off 1500 people last week. Other major transportation concerns are teetering upon the brink. Airlines are shrinking or just winking out of existence altogether. The odds are against us and the situation is grim. We've drained 50% out of the value of dollar almost overnight by virtue of onerous fuel costs.

On GM will shutter Janesville plant

Posted on June 3 at 8:33 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Comment to "mruglyhands": Granted then. Perhaps your 'tone' was difficult to determine in print. Everything we own is an encumbrance. I learned this when my wife died 6 years ago and I began to take stock of a life together of 26 years and the trappings which attend it. I 'slimmed' down, became mobile and moved with GM 3X before retiring just months ago. I feel for these souls who'll be forced to confront their deepest fears, take stock and re-establish themselves. It can happen, but the initial shock weighs heavily upon the heart, body and mind. Best wishes to all.

On GM will shutter Janesville plant

Posted on June 3 at 8:08 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Comment to "schwoogie": You don't have clue #1.

On GM will shutter Janesville plant

Posted on June 3 at 8 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Comment to "mruglyhands": Your commentary reeks of jealousy. Most of these people will land on their feet. Deal with that.

On GM will shutter Janesville plant

Posted on June 3 at 7:55 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Comment to "chelleandlou": Unlikely. In an ironic twist we need those places now. We're a 'WalMart-Nation', like it or not.

On GM will shutter Janesville plant

Posted on June 3 at 7:53 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Comment to "nowind": No. It was to give the appearance of business-as-usual. GM intends to service the high end of the market by building here the vehicles it knows it can sell here. There are still people who'll not blink until gas exceeds $8 per gallon. They need or desire those large vehicles. GM will continue to consolidate it's North American nucleus and import everything else it wants to sell here from Mexico, China, Korea and other points East. They lack the will to have their 'lesser' ambitions succeed here and see greater profit in sourcing the 'heavy-lifting' associated with manufacturing small cars elsewhere.

On GM will shutter Janesville plant

Posted on June 3 at 7:31 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Comment to so_sorry: Workers/Citizens have been 'shorted' by business leaders and politicians alike. Yet we're still exhorted to buy that product or support their candidacies. What type of psychotic Twilight Zone are we inhabiting?