[DeeOhGee]

I enjoyed the post. Thanks and non illigitamus carborundum.

[Amalie]

Hate to see it go - this was where the first 426 Hemi blocks were cast in late 1963, and it was always fun to see it in operation when I passed by while traveling to Indy over Labor Day weekend.

[Chode]

The affected workers, most of whom now live in Indianapolis, have been offered jobs at a variety of other DaimlerChrysler plants, he said.

Workers who choose to transfer to another DaimlerChrysler plant instead of retiring receive 95 percent of their base pay after taxes until a new job is found for them, Garner said.

doesn't look like any jobs lost to me... just people changing jobs.

[mysterio]

Where are the jobs going?

I bet I can guess.

Maybe all of the workers can help Mitch build the new Canada to Mexico I-69 extension. Through small towns and farms.

Thanks, NAFTA/CAFTA.

[cynicom]

The intelligence level displayed by most of these people posting is abysmal.

[Nowhere Man]

Hey, Willie, keep up the good work. I used to track this stuff on my website until it got too much to keep track of. I'm surprised no one has brought up the lame "buggywhip maker" excuse. Also, we have a false prosperity that is built up on massive debt and when they bubble bursts, watch out! Well, here are a few pics back at out detractors:



Free Trader 8-Track, well worn out from repeated playing.



America 2008, coming soon to a movie theatre near you!

[Hank Rearden]

UAW Local 550 represents workers at the foundry.

Well, if it harms the UAW (and unions in general) in any way, I'm ok with it.

[operation clinton cleanup]

The affected workers, most of whom now live in Indianapolis, have been offered jobs at a variety of other DaimlerChrysler plants

So they didn't lose jobs, just being relocated? Relocating from Indy should be considered a bonus! (speaking as a former hoosier)

[BlackbirdSST]

Look at the bright side Willie, 881 new Brain Surgeons in the making. I wonder if MikeinIraq (who is no longer in Iraq) would like to volunteer for their warmup surgery? Blackbird.

[Ciexyz]

Where is the work going? Where is this work now going to be performed? At an American factory, or abroad?

[cp124]

The ex employees will be able to start a business buying cheap Chinese CD players at The Great Wall Mart for $30 and resell them on Ebay for $32.50.

[trubluolyguy]

"In related news, India was thrilled today to hear that Chrysler is opening a new plant near New Delhi, expected to employ close to 1,000 workers.....AT A FRACTION OF THE COST MR UNION GUY! I don't know if the first part of this is true or not, prolly not as I just pulled it out of thin air. The second part? Happens all the time. Union demands eventually cause companies to close up shop and move elsewhere. I have seen it in my family.

[sgtyork]

Whoa!!!! Here's some bad new....No wait....Its a Democratic Governor...It must be good news... No wait.....

Willy what do I do????


Governor Opens New Manufacturing Activity; Says Legislative Action Could Bring More Jobs
Contact: Heidi Hansen 517-335-6397




June 29, 2005

LANSING – Governor Jennifer M. Granholm participated in grand opening ceremonies today at the new Karmann Manufacturing facility in Plymouth and reiterated her call for Republican lawmakers to act on her 5-part economic plan to stimulate the state’s economy and create tens of thousands of good paying jobs.

“Karmann Manufacturing is an excellent example of the high-tech automotive work already being done here in Michigan,” Granholm said. “If the Republican-led Legislature will act on my economic plan, we can create more good paying jobs like these in communities throughout the state.”

Granholm said facilities like the new manufacturing plant being opened today are evidence that Michigan is poised to be a leader in tomorrow’s technology. The German-based company is opening its first North American manufacturing facility at the site where it will produce the new Pontiac G6 convertible. The new high-tech manufacturing facility is expected to employ 250 people by 2007. The company already does advanced automotive research at the Plymouth campus.

Granholm’s Jobs Today, Jobs Tomorrow initiative will not only help companies like Karmann that do automotive research, but will create jobs immediately and diversify and grow Michigan’s future economy. It will:

• create 72,000 high-wage jobs by investing $2 billion to establish Michigan as a global center of research in new technology and emerging industries;

• create 36,000 jobs over three years and make Michigan a better place to live and do business by accelerating $800 million in critical state infrastructure projects, by giving local communities new tools to carry out their own public investment projects, and by sparking private development projects;

• give children in school and adults in the workforce greater access to higher education and to the skills they need to fill both the jobs of the future and job vacancies that exist in Michigan today.

To create jobs of the future, Granholm is calling for a 21st Century Jobs Initiative that will make Michigan the nation’s epicenter of alternative energy and advanced automotive research, a leader in the biotech industry, and a hotbed for homeland security R&D. The initiative calls for a $2 billion investment over 10 years to grow Michigan’s economy by increasing research in our university, corporate, and non-profit research institutions and by stepping up efforts to turn new ideas into new commercial products. Michigan voters will be asked to approve a ballot measure this November that would authorize the Governor’s plan to create

[Black Tooth]

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