GM deal leaves 15 factories pondering future

1931Chevy · 10-03-2007, 10:33 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21120048/
DETROIT - In the document that spells out the tentative pact between General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers, their futures are listed as: "demand and business case dependent," "no future product allocation," or even possible sale or closure.

Fifteen factories in places such as Wentzville, Missouri; Wilmington, Delaware; and Flint, Michigan, have been left on shaky ground by the pact that the UAW hailed as having won unprecedented job security from GM.
Most of the 15 factories, which together employ more than 40,000 hourly workers, will see their current work go out of production in 2011, when the four-year contract would expire, with the next generation of their main products listed as dependent on demand and business cases, according to a UAW document called the "white book" that spells out contract details.

steverino · 10-03-2007, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 1931Chevy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21120048/
DETROIT - In the document that spells out the tentative pact between General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers, their futures are listed as: "demand and business case dependent," "no future product allocation," or even possible sale or closure.

Fifteen factories in places such as Wentzville, Missouri; Wilmington, Delaware; and Flint, Michigan, have been left on shaky ground by the pact that the UAW hailed as having won unprecedented job security from GM.
Most of the 15 factories, which together employ more than 40,000 hourly workers, will see their current work go out of production in 2011, when the four-year contract would expire, with the next generation of their main products listed as dependent on demand and business cases, according to a UAW document called the "white book" that spells out contract details.

For the last friggin time. Nobody knows what the future holds. Looking beyond five years in the ever changing auto industry is an exercise in futility. That's why it's called a 4 yr contract. In 2011 they will look at the future of transportation and project 4 yrs out again and make new promises. Grow up and deal with it.