GM plant's closing like death knell in Dayton

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via MichaelMoore.com:



November 21st, 2008 3:45 pm
GM plant's closing like death knell in Dayton


By Jim Kavanagh / CNN

MORAINE, Ohio -- The folks working at Jamestown Industries' Moraine Plant 2 near Dayton, Ohio, have the weary, haunted look of terminally ill patients, only it's their livelihoods that are about to die.

Jamestown Moraine warehouses prepare and deliver parts to the General Motors Moraine Assembly truck plant. When the GM plant closes for good on December 23, so will Jamestown Moraine. Sixty-four people will lose their jobs at the supplier, the last of a workforce that once numbered 200.

GM Moraine Assembly once employed about 5,000 people, churning out Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy and even Saab SUVs. About 1,000 will clock out for the last time next month.

Thousands more worked for small suppliers in the Dayton area for whom GM was the only customer.

"I've got the house I've got to pay for. I've got the car payment, I've got clothes and I've got to give the dog a little food -- and you throw in kids? It's bad for everybody," said Tony Murphy, a foreman who operates a forklift at Jamestown Moraine.

Murphy said he knows the pain goes well beyond his own family and even his own hometown.

"It's going to be a big ripple effect on everyone," he said, "because when they first closed the first two shifts down, it was devastating then, but this, right here, will seal the nail on the coffin. ......(more)

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[SammyWinstonJack]

1. K&R!

[acmavm]

2. FUCK THE CEOs. We need to save these people and all working Americans

from the scam that is the federal government. Bail these people out, jail Paulson and his cohorts.

[Condem]

3. Went to school at the U of Dayton.

I don't hold out any high hopes for these people. I wish them the best.